Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 261,715 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) stood at 261,715 t.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 64.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 482,930 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 97,667 t, in 1993.
Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 51st of 60 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 99,422 t | — |
| 1991 | 98,395 t | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 99,272 t | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 97,667 t | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 106,833 t | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 118,293 t | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 114,099 t | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 122,548 t | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 123,246 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 137,979 t | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 140,009 t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 156,884 t | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 150,075 t | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 152,325 t | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 482,930 t | +217.0% |
| 2005 | 168,865 t | -65.0% |
| 2006 | 151,613 t | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 156,951 t | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 231,872 t | +47.7% |
| 2009 | 148,448 t | -36.0% |
| 2010 | 161,049 t | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 161,761 t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 156,970 t | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 151,655 t | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 159,565 t | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 180,718 t | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 148,708 t | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 249,361 t | +67.7% |
| 2018 | 196,450 t | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 218,825 t | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 249,747 t | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 222,769 t | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 212,050 t | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 258,212 t | +21.8% |
| 2024 | 261,715 t | +1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern 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 | +217.0% | 152,325 t | 482,930 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111,775 t | 97,667 t | 137,979 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 193,997 t | 140,009 t | 482,930 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 178,506 t | 148,708 t | 249,361 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 240,899 t | 212,050 t | 261,715 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 879,748 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 42,612 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.03 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 19.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 261,715 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.03 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2.12 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 7,442 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 42,612 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) was 261,715 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 482,930 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,667 t in 1993.
- How does Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 51st out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Eastern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.