Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland
Iceland: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 1.33 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland stood at 1.33 %. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 163.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland peaked at 1.33 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2515 %, in 1966.
Iceland ranks 185th of 186 countries on this measure, 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 Iceland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9866 % | — |
| 1962 | 0.7196 % | -27.1% |
| 1963 | 0.6283 % | -12.7% |
| 1964 | 0.5913 % | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 0.8602 % | +45.5% |
| 1966 | 0.2515 % | -70.8% |
| 1967 | 0.4303 % | +71.1% |
| 1968 | 0.3468 % | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 0.2906 % | -16.2% |
| 1970 | 0.3509 % | +20.8% |
| 1971 | 0.6714 % | +91.3% |
| 1972 | 0.4934 % | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 0.3205 % | -35.0% |
| 1974 | 0.7609 % | +137.4% |
| 1975 | 0.3516 % | -53.8% |
| 1976 | 0.3857 % | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 0.4217 % | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 0.6821 % | +61.8% |
| 1979 | 0.3374 % | -50.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8459 % | +150.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5844 % | -30.9% |
| 1982 | 0.751 % | +28.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2824 % | -62.4% |
| 1984 | 1.07 % | +278.5% |
| 1985 | 0.7305 % | -31.7% |
| 1986 | 0.9394 % | +28.6% |
| 1987 | 1.04 % | +10.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6594 % | -36.7% |
| 1989 | 0.5045 % | -23.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5332 % | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 0.9673 % | +81.4% |
| 1992 | 0.7769 % | -19.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5957 % | -23.3% |
| 1994 | 0.8173 % | +37.2% |
| 1995 | 0.588 % | -28.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8498 % | +44.5% |
| 1997 | 0.6849 % | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 1.04 % | +52.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6731 % | -35.5% |
| 2000 | 0.7526 % | +11.8% |
| 2001 | 1.01 % | +34.5% |
| 2002 | 0.8488 % | -16.2% |
| 2003 | 0.8015 % | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 1.16 % | +44.2% |
| 2005 | 1.29 % | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 1.24 % | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9765 % | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 1.03 % | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.8487 % | -17.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9827 % | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6572 % | -33.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8374 % | +27.4% |
| 2013 | 0.5066 % | -39.5% |
| 2014 | 0.66 % | +30.3% |
| 2015 | 1.07 % | +61.6% |
| 2016 | 1.22 % | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 1.21 % | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7791 % | -35.7% |
| 2019 | 1.26 % | +62.1% |
| 2020 | 1.12 % | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 1.06 % | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 1.31 % | +24.5% |
| 2023 | 1.33 % | +1.5% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 1.33 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 45.45 %, 3% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 1.33 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 40.97 %, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +278.5% | 0.2824 % | 1.07 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5672 % | 0.2515 % | 0.9866 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4776 % | 0.3205 % | 0.7609 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7407 % | 0.2824 % | 1.07 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7529 % | 0.5332 % | 1.04 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9952 % | 0.7526 % | 1.29 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.918 % | 0.5066 % | 1.26 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 % | 1.06 % | 1.33 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 182 Brunei Darussalam 4.25 % compare
- 183 Faroe Islands 2.98 % compare
- 184 Mongolia 1.94 % compare
- 186 Guadeloupe 0 % compare
More environment data for Iceland
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.47 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8549 % 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 -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Iceland was 1.33 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2515 % in 1966.
- How does Iceland rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Iceland ranks 185th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iceland 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 (%).