Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in World
World: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was 6.7 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in World, 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 World is 6.7 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in World peaked at 18.37 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 5.47 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places World 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.99 kg/ha | 11.8 kg/ha | 14.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.73 kg/ha | 14.49 kg/ha | 17.89 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.51 kg/ha | 16.46 kg/ha | 18.37 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.62 kg/ha | 9.34 kg/ha | 15.53 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.81 kg/ha | 5.47 kg/ha | 10.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.02 kg/ha | 7.15 kg/ha | 8.67 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.31 kg/ha | 6.08 kg/ha | 8.58 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 9 Brunei Darussalam 169.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Qatar 142.34 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 140.07 kg/ha compare
- 12 Switzerland 135.7 kg/ha compare
- 13 Malta 123.48 kg/ha compare
- 14 New Caledonia 98.3 kg/ha compare
- 15 Djibouti 94.79 kg/ha compare
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- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 241.28 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 431.35 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 4.18 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1.50 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 68.53 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 76.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 71.11 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 77.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in World?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in World was 6.7 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 18.37 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.47 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does World rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- World ranks 12th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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 (%).