Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana
Botswana: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 26.06 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana stood at 26.06 %.
That represents a change of down 55.0% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana peaked at 60.7 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 12.24 %, in 1984.
That places Botswana 162nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27.24 % | — |
| 1962 | 15.84 % | -41.8% |
| 1963 | 16.49 % | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 19.77 % | +19.9% |
| 1965 | 20.84 % | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 23.32 % | +11.9% |
| 1967 | 25.91 % | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 18.71 % | -27.8% |
| 1969 | 21.23 % | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 13.6 % | -35.9% |
| 1971 | 27.25 % | +100.4% |
| 1972 | 21.62 % | -20.7% |
| 1973 | 16.68 % | -22.9% |
| 1974 | 25.59 % | +53.5% |
| 1975 | 20.42 % | -20.2% |
| 1976 | 24.91 % | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 19.8 % | -20.5% |
| 1978 | 16.96 % | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 14.19 % | -16.3% |
| 1980 | 16.94 % | +19.4% |
| 1981 | 17.63 % | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 13.97 % | -20.8% |
| 1983 | 13.04 % | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 12.24 % | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 14.82 % | +21.0% |
| 1986 | 14.88 % | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 14.7 % | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 22.15 % | +50.7% |
| 1989 | 19.01 % | -14.2% |
| 1990 | 12.42 % | -34.7% |
| 1991 | 21.44 % | +72.6% |
| 1992 | 18.63 % | -13.1% |
| 1993 | 25.45 % | +36.6% |
| 1994 | 26 % | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 22.12 % | -14.9% |
| 1996 | 30.29 % | +37.0% |
| 1997 | 21.93 % | -27.6% |
| 1998 | 17.15 % | -21.8% |
| 1999 | 18.01 % | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 19.06 % | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 20.18 % | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 24.83 % | +23.1% |
| 2003 | 25.63 % | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 22.39 % | -12.6% |
| 2005 | 22.13 % | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 21.89 % | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 20.16 % | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 21.06 % | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 20.5 % | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 21.49 % | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 29.32 % | +36.5% |
| 2012 | 25.69 % | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 24.29 % | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 27.67 % | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 22.68 % | -18.0% |
| 2016 | 33.86 % | +49.3% |
| 2017 | 29.52 % | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 49.48 % | +67.6% |
| 2019 | 32.46 % | -34.4% |
| 2020 | 60.7 % | +87.0% |
| 2021 | 53.33 % | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 57.89 % | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 26.06 % | -55.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 26.06 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 103.38 %, 25% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 26.06 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 153.13 %, 17% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.04 % | 15.84 % | 27.24 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.1 % | 13.6 % | 27.25 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.94 % | 12.24 % | 22.15 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.34 % | 12.42 % | 30.29 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.78 % | 19.06 % | 25.63 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.65 % | 21.49 % | 49.48 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.5 % | 26.06 % | 60.7 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 159 Belgium-Luxembourg 27.2 % compare
- 160 Barbados 26.31 % compare
- 161 Mauritania 26.16 % compare
- 163 South Sudan 25.16 % compare
- 164 Cyprus 24.9 % compare
- 165 Uruguay 24.9 % compare
More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % 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 use efficiency in Botswana?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana was 26.06 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 60.7 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.24 % in 1984.
- How does Botswana rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Botswana ranks 162nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency. 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 (%).