Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in South America
South America: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 70.99 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in South America stood at 70.99 %.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in South America peaked at 90.89 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 51.38 %, in 1980.
South America ranks 25th of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.66 % | 64.37 % | 69.57 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 58.14 % | 52.6 % | 62.73 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.75 % | 51.38 % | 68.92 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 64.62 % | 59.76 % | 70.79 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.36 % | 61.05 % | 90.89 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.43 % | 71.41 % | 84.93 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 72.71 % | 69.67 % | 76.19 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
More environment data for South America
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 25.17 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 10.75 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 62,493 m3 (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 13.72 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 48.32 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 477.72 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 104.85 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -0.9414 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in South America?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in South America was 70.99 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 90.89 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.38 % in 1980.
- How does South America rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- South America ranks 25th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South 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 (%).