Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana

Botswana: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 26.06 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
26.06 %
Change on year
down 55.0%
World rank
177th
of 201 countries
All-time high
60.7 %
in 2020
All-time low
12.24 %
in 1984
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Botswana, 1961–2023

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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 177th out of 201 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 174 Belgium-Luxembourg 27.2 % compare
  2. 175 Barbados 26.31 % compare
  3. 176 Mauritania 26.16 % compare
  4. 178 South Sudan 25.16 % compare
  5. 179 Cyprus 24.9 % compare
  6. 180 Uruguay 24.9 % compare

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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 177th out of 201 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

Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).