Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Western Asia
Western Asia: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency was 222.89 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium use efficiency in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 222.89 % for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Western Asia peaked at 285.35 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 180.5 %, in 2021.
That places Western Asia 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 199.85 % | 185.8 % | 212.64 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 212.76 % | 189.66 % | 232.69 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 217.51 % | 195.59 % | 233.6 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 257.11 % | 236.08 % | 277.2 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 256.16 % | 222.47 % | 285.35 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 231.99 % | 206.85 % | 274.58 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 209.13 % | 180.5 % | 222.89 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,308 % compare
- 2 Solomon Islands 805.43 % compare
- 3 Comoros 794 % compare
- 4 Kiribati 700.91 % compare
- 5 Equatorial Guinea 698.42 % compare
- 6 Ghana 537.89 % compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 274,698 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Western Asia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency in Western Asia was 222.89 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 285.35 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 180.5 % in 2021.
- How does Western Asia rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency?
- Western Asia ranks 3rd out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium use efficiency rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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 (%).