Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -24.04 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS) stood at -24.04 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 19.9% on the previous year and down 194.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 16.39 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, -24.04 kg/ha, in 2023.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -8.67 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -3.63 kg/ha | -58.2% |
| 1963 | -1.23 kg/ha | -66.2% |
| 1964 | 0.2819 kg/ha | -123.0% |
| 1965 | -1.27 kg/ha | -551.9% |
| 1966 | 2.41 kg/ha | -288.8% |
| 1967 | -0.4469 kg/ha | -118.6% |
| 1968 | 14.33 kg/ha | -3306.4% |
| 1969 | 16.2 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 5.04 kg/ha | -68.9% |
| 1971 | 5.6 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 4.76 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1973 | 7.15 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1974 | 8.15 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 10.25 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1976 | 6.7 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1977 | 5.97 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 7.66 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1979 | 3.42 kg/ha | -55.3% |
| 1980 | 11.25 kg/ha | +228.6% |
| 1981 | 11.83 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1982 | 7.67 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1983 | 8.91 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1984 | 9.49 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 11.08 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 14.26 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1987 | 16.39 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1988 | 10.88 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1989 | 10.35 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 10.35 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | -3.26 kg/ha | -131.5% |
| 1992 | -3.23 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | -0.2331 kg/ha | -92.8% |
| 1994 | 1.69 kg/ha | -823.4% |
| 1995 | 8.05 kg/ha | +377.7% |
| 1996 | 6.12 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1997 | 2.22 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 1998 | 2.8 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1999 | 2.6 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | -3.05 kg/ha | -217.3% |
| 2001 | -2.86 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2002 | -6.59 kg/ha | +131.0% |
| 2003 | -8.43 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2004 | -9.1 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | -6.25 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2006 | -6.73 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | -6.67 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | -2.13 kg/ha | -68.0% |
| 2009 | -9.74 kg/ha | +356.8% |
| 2010 | -5.12 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2011 | -6.91 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2012 | -0.7112 kg/ha | -89.7% |
| 2013 | -8.18 kg/ha | +1049.5% |
| 2014 | -7.91 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | -12.97 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 2016 | -13.01 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | -12.92 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | -11.7 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | -17.63 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 2020 | -16.67 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2021 | -16.41 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | -20.04 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2023 | -24.04 kg/ha | +19.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +3306.4% | -0.4469 kg/ha | 14.33 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -1049.5% | -0.7112 kg/ha | -8.18 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +823.4% | -0.2331 kg/ha | 1.69 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -551.9% | 0.2819 kg/ha | -1.27 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +377.7% | 1.69 kg/ha | 8.05 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -356.8% | -2.13 kg/ha | -9.74 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2 kg/ha | -8.67 kg/ha | 16.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.47 kg/ha | 3.42 kg/ha | 10.25 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.21 kg/ha | 7.67 kg/ha | 16.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.71 kg/ha | -3.26 kg/ha | 10.35 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -6.16 kg/ha | -9.74 kg/ha | -2.13 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -9.71 kg/ha | -17.63 kg/ha | -0.7112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -19.29 kg/ha | -24.04 kg/ha | -16.41 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo -13 kg/ha compare
- 14 New Caledonia 98.3 kg/ha compare
- 15 Djibouti 94.79 kg/ha compare
- 15 Melanesia -19.29 kg/ha compare
- 16 Slovenia 91.05 kg/ha compare
- 16 Türkiye -19.79 kg/ha compare
- 17 Republic of Korea 90.73 kg/ha compare
- 18 Costa Rica 90.28 kg/ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) -121.98 kg/ha compare
- 19 Trinidad and Tobago 89.01 kg/ha compare
- 20 Luxembourg 85.57 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.168 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.21 °C (2025)
- Agriculture — Area 16,068 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 176,855 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 38,354 1000 USD (1989)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 223,110 1000 USD (1989)
- Country area — Area 135,020 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 121,110 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 8.2 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Small island developing States (SIDS) was -24.04 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 16.39 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was -24.04 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 17th out of 18 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 194.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).