Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Northern America
Northern America: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 86.15 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Northern America, 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 Northern America is 86.15 %, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Northern America peaked at 96.47 % in 2008 and was at its lowest, 38.62 %, in 1964.
That places Northern America 18th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.15 % | 38.62 % | 41.6 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 42.58 % | 38.86 % | 47.68 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.65 % | 38.83 % | 56.27 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.84 % | 53.16 % | 68.8 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.01 % | 63.08 % | 96.47 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.28 % | 77.08 % | 94.63 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.55 % | 85.21 % | 89.49 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 15 Côte d'Ivoire 347.74 % compare
- 16 Guinea 341.82 % compare
- 17 Sierra Leone 335.34 % compare
- 18 Mozambique 305.87 % compare
- 19 Benin 301.26 % compare
- 20 Guyana 281.38 % compare
- 21 Tunisia 253.58 % compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Northern America?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Northern America was 86.15 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 96.47 % in 2008.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.62 % in 1964.
- How does Northern America rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Northern America ranks 18th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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 (%).