Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique
Mozambique: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 305.87 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 305.87 % for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in 2023.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique peaked at 539.01 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 163.57 %, in 2000.
Mozambique ranks 14th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 539.01 % | — |
| 1962 | 533.62 % | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 495.16 % | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 490.76 % | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 442.22 % | -9.9% |
| 1966 | 471.9 % | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 498.41 % | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 486.7 % | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 486.08 % | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 523.83 % | +7.8% |
| 1971 | 496.77 % | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 470.02 % | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 501.89 % | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 459.36 % | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 514.06 % | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 430.89 % | -16.2% |
| 1977 | 427.17 % | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 399 % | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 299.1 % | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 347.93 % | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 239.7 % | -31.1% |
| 1982 | 282.1 % | +17.7% |
| 1983 | 258.41 % | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 293.61 % | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 272.12 % | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 258.49 % | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 256.8 % | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 257.45 % | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 251.18 % | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 258.97 % | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 243.29 % | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 194.67 % | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 197.55 % | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 178.67 % | -9.6% |
| 1995 | 181.77 % | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 215.25 % | +18.4% |
| 1997 | 212.24 % | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 222.87 % | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 241.51 % | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 163.57 % | -32.3% |
| 2001 | 194.09 % | +18.7% |
| 2002 | 183.84 % | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 354.12 % | +92.6% |
| 2004 | 287.81 % | -18.7% |
| 2005 | 281.59 % | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 351.22 % | +24.7% |
| 2007 | 351.52 % | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 218.46 % | -37.9% |
| 2009 | 363.37 % | +66.3% |
| 2010 | 423.28 % | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 400.9 % | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 321.01 % | -19.9% |
| 2013 | 338.01 % | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 267.08 % | -21.0% |
| 2015 | 244.27 % | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 276.52 % | +13.2% |
| 2017 | 423.62 % | +53.2% |
| 2018 | 308.4 % | -27.2% |
| 2019 | 327.75 % | +6.3% |
| 2020 | 293.44 % | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 363.52 % | +23.9% |
| 2022 | 280.06 % | -23.0% |
| 2023 | 305.87 % | +9.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 305.87 % is above the median for low income countries, which is 155.83 %, 2.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 305.87 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 153.13 %, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +92.6% | 183.84 % | 354.12 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 493.76 % | 442.22 % | 539.01 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 452.21 % | 299.1 % | 523.83 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 271.78 % | 239.7 % | 347.93 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 214.68 % | 178.67 % | 258.97 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 274.96 % | 163.57 % | 363.37 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 333.09 % | 244.27 % | 423.62 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 310.72 % | 280.06 % | 363.52 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 11 Rwanda 358.51 % compare
- 11 Polynesia 131.03 % compare
- 12 Guinea 341.82 % compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 127.04 % compare
- 13 Sierra Leone 335.34 % compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 97.28 % compare
- 15 Benin 301.26 % compare
- 16 Guyana 281.38 % compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 65.87 % compare
- 17 Tunisia 253.58 % compare
- 17 Viet Nam 57.18 % compare
More environment data for Mozambique
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.256 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.02 % 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 0.2476 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Mozambique was 305.87 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 539.01 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 163.57 % in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Mozambique ranks 14th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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 (%).