Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 118.59 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 118.59 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Southern Asia peaked at 118.59 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68.94 %, in 1966.
Southern Asia ranks 9th of 29 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71.68 % | — |
| 1962 | 72.72 % | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 73.34 % | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 71.82 % | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 72.86 % | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 68.94 % | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 69.83 % | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 73.35 % | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 76.03 % | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 77.9 % | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 76.55 % | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 72.1 % | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 75.25 % | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 74.26 % | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 80.29 % | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 77.13 % | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 77.4 % | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 76.61 % | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 72.98 % | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 70.87 % | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 73.84 % | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 75.4 % | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 77.25 % | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 75.04 % | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 74.72 % | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 73.29 % | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 72.37 % | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 75.13 % | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 77 % | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 75.66 % | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 80.08 % | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 89.2 % | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 89.91 % | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 87.77 % | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 90.87 % | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 92.57 % | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 88.15 % | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 89.28 % | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 86.73 % | -2.9% |
| 2000 | 86.86 % | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 86.5 % | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 82.66 % | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 87.29 % | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 82.74 % | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 80.09 % | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 84.3 % | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 88.34 % | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 81.82 % | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 78.35 % | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 86.28 % | +10.1% |
| 2011 | 99.65 % | +15.5% |
| 2012 | 109.02 % | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 110.75 % | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 104.48 % | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 99.4 % | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 101.92 % | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 101.61 % | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 102.21 % | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 104.63 % | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 97.33 % | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 106.1 % | +9.0% |
| 2022 | 117.2 % | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 118.59 % | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72.28 % | 68.94 % | 76.03 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 76.05 % | 72.1 % | 80.29 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.49 % | 70.87 % | 77.25 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.02 % | 75.66 % | 92.57 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.9 % | 78.35 % | 88.34 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 102 % | 86.28 % | 110.75 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 109.81 % | 97.33 % | 118.59 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 6 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 522.27 % compare
- 6 Melanesia 193.89 % compare
- 7 Argentina 409.95 % compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 190.06 % compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 169.7 % compare
- 8 Nigeria 394.73 % compare
- 9 Maldives 375.76 % compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 161.58 % compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 141.99 % compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 371.23 % compare
- 11 Rwanda 358.51 % compare
- 11 Polynesia 131.03 % compare
- 12 Guinea 341.82 % compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 127.04 % compare
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 24.03 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 18.27 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 44.63 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Southern Asia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Southern Asia was 118.59 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 118.59 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.94 % in 1966.
- How does Southern Asia rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Southern Asia ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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 (%).