Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo
Congo: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 239.3 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Congo recorded 239.3 % for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 48.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo peaked at 725.85 % in 1981 and was at its lowest, 91.79 %, in 1974.
That places Congo 20th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 449.39 % | — |
| 1962 | 368.97 % | -17.9% |
| 1963 | 322.66 % | -12.6% |
| 1964 | 283.34 % | -12.2% |
| 1965 | 288.65 % | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 249.8 % | -13.5% |
| 1967 | 280.96 % | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 134.31 % | -52.2% |
| 1969 | 107.29 % | -20.1% |
| 1970 | 96.38 % | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 128.01 % | +32.8% |
| 1972 | 99.25 % | -22.5% |
| 1973 | 92.22 % | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 91.79 % | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 166.26 % | +81.1% |
| 1976 | 136.43 % | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 167.26 % | +22.6% |
| 1978 | 200.46 % | +19.8% |
| 1979 | 322.06 % | +60.7% |
| 1980 | 675.99 % | +109.9% |
| 1981 | 725.85 % | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 371.05 % | -48.9% |
| 1983 | 356.52 % | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 193.99 % | -45.6% |
| 1985 | 130.06 % | -33.0% |
| 1986 | 156.76 % | +20.5% |
| 1987 | 216.77 % | +38.3% |
| 1988 | 549.36 % | +153.4% |
| 1989 | 603.78 % | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 419.31 % | -30.6% |
| 1991 | 616.41 % | +47.0% |
| 1992 | 319.39 % | -48.2% |
| 1993 | 300.59 % | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 321.48 % | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 340.5 % | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 351.29 % | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 346.94 % | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 219.67 % | -36.7% |
| 1999 | 234.05 % | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 239.16 % | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 312.96 % | +30.9% |
| 2002 | 357.53 % | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 427.05 % | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 494.66 % | +15.8% |
| 2005 | 530.27 % | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 582.62 % | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 633.02 % | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 630.97 % | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 451.9 % | -28.4% |
| 2010 | 594.71 % | +31.6% |
| 2011 | 526.57 % | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 524.58 % | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 467.2 % | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 496.15 % | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 365.15 % | -26.4% |
| 2016 | 496.98 % | +36.1% |
| 2017 | 506.76 % | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 350.33 % | -30.9% |
| 2019 | 409.85 % | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 363.51 % | -11.3% |
| 2021 | 317.55 % | -12.6% |
| 2022 | 243 % | -23.5% |
| 2023 | 239.3 % | -1.5% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 239.3 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 134.27 %, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's 239.3 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 153.13 %, 1.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +153.4% | 216.77 % | 549.36 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276.15 % | 107.29 % | 449.39 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 150.01 % | 91.79 % | 322.06 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 398.01 % | 130.06 % | 725.85 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 346.96 % | 219.67 % | 616.41 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 466.01 % | 239.16 % | 633.02 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 473.83 % | 350.33 % | 594.71 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 290.84 % | 239.3 % | 363.51 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More environment data for Congo
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8453 % 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 -0.4756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Congo was 239.3 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 725.85 % in 1981.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.79 % in 1974.
- How does Congo rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Congo ranks 20th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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 (%).