Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil
Brazil: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 63.46 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 63.46 % for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil peaked at 81.76 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 40.88 %, in 1979.
Brazil ranks 102nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 57.39 % | — |
| 1962 | 60.84 % | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 58.04 % | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 59.17 % | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 63.35 % | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 58.75 % | -7.3% |
| 1967 | 61 % | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 58.5 % | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 58.25 % | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 53.65 % | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 54.51 % | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 51.88 % | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 49.79 % | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 52.96 % | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 50.78 % | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 46.79 % | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 45.17 % | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 41.38 % | -8.4% |
| 1979 | 40.88 % | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 42.06 % | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 54.18 % | +28.8% |
| 1982 | 52.33 % | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 57.82 % | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 54.87 % | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 61.99 % | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 52.27 % | -15.7% |
| 1987 | 55.46 % | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 55.97 % | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 59.46 % | +6.2% |
| 1990 | 55.52 % | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 51.87 % | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 55.15 % | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 49.75 % | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 52.73 % | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 54.77 % | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 52.71 % | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 52.56 % | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 56.8 % | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 58.65 % | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 52.88 % | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 55.37 % | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 55.44 % | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 52.47 % | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 48.47 % | -7.6% |
| 2005 | 56.58 % | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 58.25 % | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 55.06 % | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 59.63 % | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 81.76 % | +37.1% |
| 2010 | 65.14 % | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 60.97 % | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 59.12 % | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 61.71 % | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 59.26 % | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 67.47 % | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 60.55 % | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 65.1 % | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 63.21 % | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 64.12 % | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 62.54 % | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 56.62 % | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 60.16 % | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 63.46 % | +5.5% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 63.46 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 103.38 %, 61% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 63.46 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 74.11 %, 86% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.48 % | 57.39 % | 63.35 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 48.78 % | 40.88 % | 54.51 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 54.64 % | 42.06 % | 61.99 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.05 % | 49.75 % | 58.65 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 57.59 % | 48.47 % | 81.76 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.66 % | 59.12 % | 67.47 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.7 % | 56.62 % | 63.46 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Brazil was 63.46 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 81.76 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.88 % in 1979.
- How does Brazil rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Brazil ranks 102nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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 (%).