Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in Madagascar
Madagascar: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre was 0.0055 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in Madagascar, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in Madagascar stood at 0.0055 t per square kilometre.
The figure is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 66.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in Madagascar peaked at 0.0103 t per square kilometre in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.001 t per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places Madagascar 146th out of 173 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.001 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0011 t per square kilometre | +12.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0025 t per square kilometre | +133.3% |
| 1964 | 0.0028 t per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0027 t per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 0.003 t per square kilometre | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0028 t per square kilometre | -13.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | +82.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0067 t per square kilometre | +30.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0071 t per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0076 t per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0047 t per square kilometre | -37.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0053 t per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | -69.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0071 t per square kilometre | +341.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0047 t per square kilometre | -33.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0079 t per square kilometre | +68.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | -35.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0048 t per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0036 t per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0103 t per square kilometre | +185.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0053 t per square kilometre | -48.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0062 t per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0046 t per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0044 t per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | -51.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0058 t per square kilometre | +173.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0046 t per square kilometre | -20.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0068 t per square kilometre | +46.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0058 t per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0037 t per square kilometre | -37.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0061 t per square kilometre | +66.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0045 t per square kilometre | -26.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0037 t per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0054 t per square kilometre | +46.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0049 t per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 0.004 t per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | -44.3% |
| 2000 | 0.004 t per square kilometre | +79.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | +27.8% |
| 2002 | 0.003 t per square kilometre | -41.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | -24.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | +45.4% |
| 2005 | 0.008 t per square kilometre | +141.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0029 t per square kilometre | -63.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0044 t per square kilometre | +52.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 0.003 t per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 0.004 t per square kilometre | +30.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0039 t per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0035 t per square kilometre | -11.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0067 t per square kilometre | +103.7% |
| 2015 | 0.006 t per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0074 t per square kilometre | +24.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0063 t per square kilometre | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0077 t per square kilometre | +22.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0097 t per square kilometre | +26.8% |
| 2020 | 0.01 t per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0079 t per square kilometre | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0049 t per square kilometre | -38.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0055 t per square kilometre | +12.4% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.0055 t per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0089 t per square kilometre, 61% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.0055 t per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.021 t per square kilometre, 26% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +341.5% | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | 0.0071 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0027 t per square kilometre | 0.001 t per square kilometre | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0058 t per square kilometre | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | 0.0079 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0052 t per square kilometre | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | 0.0103 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0047 t per square kilometre | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 0.0068 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 0.008 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0058 t per square kilometre | 0.0033 t per square kilometre | 0.0097 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0071 t per square kilometre | 0.0049 t per square kilometre | 0.01 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 143 Equatorial Guinea 0.0074 t per square kilometre compare
- 144 Angola 0.0068 t per square kilometre compare
- 145 Botswana 0.0057 t per square kilometre compare
- 147 Bhutan 0.0042 t per square kilometre compare
- 148 Suriname 0.003 t per square kilometre compare
- 149 Yemen 0.0025 t per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.3469 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual 2.63 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in Madagascar?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre in Madagascar was 0.0055 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0103 t per square kilometre in 1982.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.001 t per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Madagascar rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre?
- Madagascar ranks 146th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — agricultural use, per square kilometre rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.