Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal
Nepal: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 134.04 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal stood at 134.04 %. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 43.1% on the previous year and up 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal peaked at 134.04 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 35.22 %, in 1982.
Nepal ranks 51st 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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45.34 % | — |
| 1962 | 45.13 % | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 44.6 % | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 44.28 % | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 45.65 % | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 44.14 % | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 43.46 % | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 43.43 % | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 44.31 % | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 45.44 % | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 43.04 % | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 40.26 % | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 43.38 % | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 42.57 % | -1.9% |
| 1975 | 41.26 % | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 39.61 % | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 36.37 % | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 37.08 % | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 35.3 % | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 35.38 % | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 37.1 % | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 35.22 % | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 41.34 % | +17.4% |
| 1984 | 41.21 % | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 41.3 % | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 39.88 % | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 44.5 % | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 49.04 % | +10.2% |
| 1989 | 52.38 % | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 61.49 % | +17.4% |
| 1991 | 58.58 % | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 63.41 % | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 63.44 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 65.56 % | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 65.11 % | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 61.63 % | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 64.6 % | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 63.32 % | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 67.17 % | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 67.55 % | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 70.61 % | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 71.94 % | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 75.5 % | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 74.99 % | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 75.17 % | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 74.82 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 76.59 % | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 78.1 % | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 76.34 % | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 79.32 % | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 82.53 % | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 83.53 % | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 81.95 % | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 84.53 % | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 81.57 % | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 85.88 % | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 83.46 % | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 87.62 % | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 89.05 % | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 85.55 % | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 89.67 % | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 93.67 % | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 134.04 % | +43.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 134.04 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 134.27 %, 100% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 134.04 % is below the median for South Asia, which is 136.29 %, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +43.1% | 93.67 % | 134.04 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.48 % | 43.43 % | 45.65 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 40.43 % | 35.3 % | 45.44 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.73 % | 35.22 % | 52.38 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.43 % | 58.58 % | 67.17 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.16 % | 67.55 % | 78.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.94 % | 79.32 % | 89.05 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.73 % | 85.55 % | 134.04 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Nepal was 134.04 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 134.04 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.22 % in 1982.
- How does Nepal rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Nepal ranks 51st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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 (%).