Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland

Switzerland: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 19.67 % in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
19.67 %
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
182nd
of 201 countries
All-time high
23.73 %
in 2014
All-time low
10.09 %
in 1965
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland stood at 19.67 %.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland peaked at 23.73 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10.09 %, in 1965.

That places Switzerland 182nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 12.52 % 10.09 % 13.7 % 9
1970s 11.71 % 10.45 % 12.86 % 10
1980s 13.67 % 11.5 % 15.84 % 10
1990s 16.57 % 14.21 % 19.83 % 10
2000s 19.82 % 17.07 % 22.63 % 10
2010s 20.74 % 18.42 % 23.73 % 10
2020s 19.8 % 16.86 % 22.1 % 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland?
Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Switzerland was 19.67 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 23.73 % in 2014.
What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 10.09 % in 1965.
How does Switzerland rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
Switzerland ranks 182nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Switzerland 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

Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).