Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 17.7 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR is 17.7 %, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 50.55 % in 1967 and was at its lowest, 15.69 %, in 2001.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 184th out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 38.22 % | 26.55 % | 50.55 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.32 % | 26.11 % | 37.14 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.62 % | 23.62 % | 29.3 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.16 % | 23.24 % | 36.73 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 17.75 % | 15.69 % | 20.48 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.8 % | 15.76 % | 18.17 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.53 % | 16.92 % | 17.92 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 181 Tuvalu 20.43 % compare
- 182 Switzerland 19.67 % compare
- 183 Belarus 17.99 % compare
- 185 New Caledonia 16.94 % compare
- 186 Slovenia 16.87 % compare
- 187 Antigua and Barbuda 16.72 % compare
More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.91 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11,047 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in China, Hong Kong SAR was 17.7 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 50.55 % in 1967.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.69 % in 2001.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 184th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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 (%).