Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -34.23 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands, 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 Solomon Islands stood at -34.23 kg/ha.
The figure is down 18.3% on the previous year and down 53.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands peaked at -18.28 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, -44.07 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Solomon Islands 182nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -22.58 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -22.67 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | -23.39 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | -24.01 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | -23.56 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | -22.59 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | -22.69 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | -20.09 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1969 | -22.99 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1970 | -25.51 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1971 | -25.63 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | -24.15 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | -24.16 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | -24.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | -25.18 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | -25.99 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | -26.17 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | -27.78 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | -32.35 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1980 | -32.34 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | -37.47 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1982 | -34.98 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | -34.77 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | -41.27 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1985 | -43.44 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | -40.54 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | -29.86 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1988 | -30.43 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | -31.91 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | -30.61 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | -32.93 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | -35.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | -35.17 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | -35.18 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | -40.28 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1996 | -41.32 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | -43.8 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | -44.07 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | -39.57 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | -39.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | -35.72 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | -34.95 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | -34.28 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | -40.89 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2005 | -40.73 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | -42.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | -43.57 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | -43.46 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | -41.97 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | -29.14 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2011 | -28.58 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | -18.28 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 2013 | -22.27 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2014 | -27.59 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2015 | -30.95 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2016 | -22.36 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2017 | -23.53 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | -22.44 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | -31.37 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2020 | -25.39 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2021 | -31.9 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2022 | -28.93 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2023 | -34.23 kg/ha | +18.3% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's -34.23 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -3.81 kg/ha, 9.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's -34.23 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.62 kg/ha. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -22.73 kg/ha | -24.01 kg/ha | -20.09 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -26.11 kg/ha | -32.35 kg/ha | -24.15 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -35.7 kg/ha | -43.44 kg/ha | -29.86 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -37.8 kg/ha | -44.07 kg/ha | -30.61 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -39.73 kg/ha | -43.57 kg/ha | -34.28 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -25.65 kg/ha | -31.37 kg/ha | -18.28 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -30.11 kg/ha | -34.23 kg/ha | -25.39 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.34 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3636 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Solomon Islands was -34.23 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was -18.28 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was -44.07 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Solomon Islands ranks 182nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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 (%).