Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade)
Africa (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 1.78 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa (excluding intra-trade) recorded 1.78 million t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 41.3% on the previous year and up 73.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.78 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 533,202 t, in 1990.
Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 22nd of 60 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 533,202 t | — |
| 1991 | 537,692 t | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 548,895 t | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 559,995 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 577,595 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 612,456 t | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 616,183 t | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 627,137 t | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 696,693 t | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 727,630 t | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 670,601 t | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 729,744 t | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 852,389 t | +16.8% |
| 2003 | 821,993 t | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 1.48 million t | +80.6% |
| 2005 | 764,635 t | -48.5% |
| 2006 | 934,124 t | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 921,076 t | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 856,612 t | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 590,045 t | -31.1% |
| 2010 | 757,984 t | +28.5% |
| 2011 | 798,915 t | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 854,700 t | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 883,766 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 1.02 million t | +15.6% |
| 2015 | 1.07 million t | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 1.12 million t | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 1.44 million t | +28.8% |
| 2018 | 1.30 million t | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 1.24 million t | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.40 million t | +12.6% |
| 2021 | 1.38 million t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 1.22 million t | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 1.26 million t | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 1.78 million t | +41.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in 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 | +80.6% | 821,993 t | 1.48 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 603,748 t | 533,202 t | 727,630 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 862,568 t | 590,045 t | 1.48 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.05 million t | 757,984 t | 1.44 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million t | 1.22 million t | 1.78 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- 19 Belgium-Luxembourg 359,000 t compare
- 20 South Africa 341,990 t compare
- 21 Paraguay 275,969 t compare
- 22 Spain 259,838 t compare
- 23 Italy 257,808 t compare
- 24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 253,433 t compare
- 25 Japan 242,933 t compare
More environment data for Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 3.40 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 7.12 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 737,848 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 41.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.78 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 737,848 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 3.77 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 75,981 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 7.12 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Africa (excluding intra-trade) was 1.78 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.78 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 533,202 t in 1990.
- How does Africa (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 22nd out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity with 83 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) — 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 potash K2O (total) — Import quantity with 83 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.