Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -11.14 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia is -11.14 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia peaked at -2.6 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, -11.36 kg/ha, in 2011.
Western Asia ranks 30th of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -3.31 kg/ha | -3.75 kg/ha | -2.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -4.58 kg/ha | -5.55 kg/ha | -3.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -6.13 kg/ha | -7.55 kg/ha | -5.25 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -8.5 kg/ha | -10.25 kg/ha | -7.64 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -9.66 kg/ha | -10.84 kg/ha | -8.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -9.87 kg/ha | -11.36 kg/ha | -8.81 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -10.15 kg/ha | -11.14 kg/ha | -8.18 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 27 Iceland 59.98 kg/ha compare
- 28 Tajikistan 58.06 kg/ha compare
- 29 Turkmenistan 53.52 kg/ha compare
- 30 Denmark 52.52 kg/ha compare
- 31 Austria 51.14 kg/ha compare
- 32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 48.64 kg/ha compare
- 33 Israel 48.36 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia was -11.14 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was -2.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was -11.36 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Western Asia rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Western Asia ranks 30th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western Asia 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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About this data
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 (%).