Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 1.05 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) is 1.05 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and up 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.05 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 350,209 t, in 2001.
That places Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) 47th out of 59 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 360,692 t | — |
| 1991 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 360,692 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 350,209 t | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 485,608 t | +38.7% |
| 2003 | 442,948 t | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 783,064 t | +76.8% |
| 2005 | 374,173 t | -52.2% |
| 2006 | 434,476 t | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 497,912 t | +14.6% |
| 2008 | 496,479 t | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 392,408 t | -21.0% |
| 2010 | 445,910 t | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 549,933 t | +23.3% |
| 2012 | 535,933 t | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 500,457 t | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 597,324 t | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 493,484 t | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 602,330 t | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 646,251 t | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 634,027 t | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 774,731 t | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 659,678 t | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 934,473 t | +41.7% |
| 2022 | 877,466 t | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 909,340 t | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1.05 million t | +15.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +76.8% | 442,948 t | 783,064 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 360,692 t | 360,692 t | 360,692 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 461,797 t | 350,209 t | 783,064 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 578,038 t | 445,910 t | 774,731 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 886,685 t | 659,678 t | 1.05 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 150,696 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 56.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 391,067 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 26.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 228,026 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate -5.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 53,902 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 485,681 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 15.74 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) was 1.05 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 350,209 t in 2001.
- How does Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 47th out of 59 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity with 74 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity with 74 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.