Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium in World
World: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium was 10.53 million t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland potassium in World is 10.53 million t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium in World peaked at 26.97 million t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 8.30 million t, in 2009.
World ranks 1st of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15.80 million t | — |
| 1962 | 16.11 million t | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 16.62 million t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 16.54 million t | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 17.53 million t | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 18.05 million t | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 18.92 million t | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 19.11 million t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 19.69 million t | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 19.93 million t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 20.76 million t | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 22.23 million t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 22.69 million t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 23.08 million t | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 24.36 million t | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 24.92 million t | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 24.60 million t | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 25.02 million t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 25.16 million t | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 26.12 million t | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 24.92 million t | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 23.66 million t | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 26.12 million t | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 25.30 million t | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 25.07 million t | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 25.69 million t | +2.4% |
| 1987 | 26.45 million t | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 26.97 million t | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 25.12 million t | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 23.04 million t | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 21.97 million t | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 18.06 million t | -17.8% |
| 1993 | 16.69 million t | -7.6% |
| 1994 | 16.73 million t | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 16.89 million t | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 15.54 million t | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 15.32 million t | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 14.46 million t | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 13.95 million t | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 13.67 million t | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 13.39 million t | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 13.74 million t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 14.86 million t | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 14.61 million t | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 13.77 million t | -5.7% |
| 2006 | 13.93 million t | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 15.39 million t | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 10.71 million t | -30.4% |
| 2009 | 8.30 million t | -22.5% |
| 2010 | 12.45 million t | +50.1% |
| 2011 | 11.96 million t | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 12.23 million t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 11.65 million t | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 13.09 million t | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 12.58 million t | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 13.51 million t | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 12.84 million t | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 12.80 million t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 11.19 million t | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 13.47 million t | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 12.36 million t | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 9.55 million t | -22.8% |
| 2023 | 10.53 million t | +10.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium in World changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +50.1% | 8.30 million t | 12.45 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.60 million t | 15.80 million t | 19.69 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.28 million t | 19.93 million t | 25.16 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.54 million t | 23.66 million t | 26.97 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.27 million t | 13.95 million t | 23.04 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.24 million t | 8.30 million t | 15.39 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.43 million t | 11.19 million t | 13.51 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.48 million t | 9.55 million t | 13.47 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 USSR 10.14 million t compare
- 2 China 4.72 million t compare
- 2 Viet Nam 303,373 t compare
- 3 China, mainland 4.22 million t compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 132,360 t compare
- 4 Brazil 2.98 million t compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35,607 t compare
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium in World?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium in World was 10.53 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 26.97 million t in 1988.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.30 million t in 2009.
- How does World rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium?
- World ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium. 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 (%).