Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled was 50,054 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka is 50,054 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 36.0% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka peaked at 119,721 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18,829 t, in 2016.
Sri Lanka ranks 56th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,648 t | — |
| 1962 | 27,020 t | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 33,396 t | +23.6% |
| 1964 | 26,352 t | -21.1% |
| 1965 | 34,422 t | +30.6% |
| 1966 | 38,433 t | +11.7% |
| 1967 | 33,400 t | -13.1% |
| 1968 | 43,558 t | +30.4% |
| 1969 | 25,000 t | -42.6% |
| 1970 | 33,400 t | +33.6% |
| 1971 | 34,200 t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 31,200 t | -8.8% |
| 1973 | 31,600 t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 31,300 t | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 21,500 t | -31.3% |
| 1976 | 28,500 t | +32.6% |
| 1977 | 23,800 t | -16.5% |
| 1978 | 30,324 t | +27.4% |
| 1979 | 34,300 t | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 46,000 t | +34.1% |
| 1981 | 41,300 t | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 45,000 t | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 49,794 t | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 53,081 t | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 55,150 t | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 54,303 t | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 59,800 t | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 62,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 61,568 t | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 49,581 t | -19.5% |
| 1991 | 50,479 t | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 51,095 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 57,090 t | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 58,817 t | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 55,749 t | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 58,602 t | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 56,100 t | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 61,615 t | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 61,618 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 59,100 t | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 54,244 t | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 61,589 t | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 58,111 t | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 60,837 t | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 62,375 t | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 79,720 t | +27.8% |
| 2007 | 77,625 t | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 95,612 t | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 75,263 t | -21.3% |
| 2010 | 58,082 t | -22.8% |
| 2011 | 62,706 t | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 40,711 t | -35.1% |
| 2013 | 54,552 t | +34.0% |
| 2014 | 49,291 t | -9.6% |
| 2015 | 57,682 t | +17.0% |
| 2016 | 18,829 t | -67.4% |
| 2017 | 25,793 t | +37.0% |
| 2018 | 79,884 t | +209.7% |
| 2019 | 77,171 t | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 119,721 t | +55.1% |
| 2021 | 78,200 t | -34.7% |
| 2022 | 78,200 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 78,200 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 50,054 t | -36.0% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 50,054 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,250 t, 11.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 50,054 t is above the median for South Asia, which is 28,344 t, 1.8× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +209.7% | 25,793 t | 79,884 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,137 t | 25,000 t | 43,558 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,012 t | 21,500 t | 34,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,800 t | 41,300 t | 62,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,075 t | 49,581 t | 61,618 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 68,448 t | 54,244 t | 95,612 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,470 t | 18,829 t | 79,884 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,875 t | 50,054 t | 119,721 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 0.0202 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 7.11 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled in Sri Lanka was 50,054 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 119,721 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,829 t in 2016.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled?
- Sri Lanka ranks 56th out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, gaps filled rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use with 124 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 potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 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 potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use with 124 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.