Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in China
China: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre was 0.9488 t per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in China, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in China is 0.9488 t per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in China peaked at 1.25 t per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0025 t per square kilometre, in 1962.
China ranks 15th of 173 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in China, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0038 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0025 t per square kilometre | -34.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0032 t per square kilometre | +27.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0037 t per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 0.005 t per square kilometre | +34.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0063 t per square kilometre | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0081 t per square kilometre | +28.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0088 t per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0076 t per square kilometre | -14.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0095 t per square kilometre | +25.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | -18.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.025 t per square kilometre | +226.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0268 t per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 0.022 t per square kilometre | -17.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0185 t per square kilometre | -15.9% |
| 1977 | 0.02 t per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0249 t per square kilometre | +24.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0417 t per square kilometre | +67.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0509 t per square kilometre | +22.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0738 t per square kilometre | +44.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0684 t per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0913 t per square kilometre | +33.5% |
| 1984 | 0.086 t per square kilometre | -5.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0465 t per square kilometre | -45.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0768 t per square kilometre | +65.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1486 t per square kilometre | +93.4% |
| 1988 | 0.1753 t per square kilometre | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1386 t per square kilometre | -21.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1984 t per square kilometre | +43.2% |
| 1991 | 0.2561 t per square kilometre | +29.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2079 t per square kilometre | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 0.1631 t per square kilometre | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 0.2506 t per square kilometre | +53.7% |
| 1995 | 0.3075 t per square kilometre | +22.7% |
| 1996 | 0.276 t per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1997 | 0.3643 t per square kilometre | +32.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3713 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 0.3611 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3695 t per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4299 t per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5186 t per square kilometre | +20.6% |
| 2003 | 0.509 t per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5942 t per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 0.7715 t per square kilometre | +29.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6725 t per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8993 t per square kilometre | +33.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6557 t per square kilometre | -27.1% |
| 2009 | 0.528 t per square kilometre | -19.5% |
| 2010 | 0.7894 t per square kilometre | +49.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9673 t per square kilometre | +22.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9944 t per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9502 t per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 1.17 t per square kilometre | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 1.08 t per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 1.25 t per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 1.07 t per square kilometre | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 1.04 t per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 1 t per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9831 t per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9768 t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9672 t per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9488 t per square kilometre | -1.9% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.9488 t per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0971 t per square kilometre, 9.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 0.9488 t per square kilometre is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0338 t per square kilometre, 28.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +226.4% | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | 0.025 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0055 t per square kilometre | 0.0025 t per square kilometre | 0.0088 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0204 t per square kilometre | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | 0.0417 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0956 t per square kilometre | 0.0465 t per square kilometre | 0.1753 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2756 t per square kilometre | 0.1631 t per square kilometre | 0.3713 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5948 t per square kilometre | 0.3695 t per square kilometre | 0.8993 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.03 t per square kilometre | 0.7894 t per square kilometre | 1.25 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.969 t per square kilometre | 0.9488 t per square kilometre | 0.9831 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near China
- 12 Ireland 1.19 t per square kilometre compare
- 13 Indonesia 1.04 t per square kilometre compare
- 14 Brazil 0.9935 t per square kilometre compare
- 16 Germany 0.9161 t per square kilometre compare
- 17 Lithuania 0.8148 t per square kilometre compare
- 18 United Arab Emirates 0.7409 t per square kilometre compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % 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 -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9037 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in China?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in China was 0.9488 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 t per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0025 t per square kilometre in 1962.
- How does China rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre?
- China ranks 15th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.