Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 8.85 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia stood at 8.85 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia peaked at 8.85 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 546,891 t, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 8th of 60 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 546,891 t | — |
| 1962 | 556,540 t | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 674,208 t | +21.1% |
| 1964 | 656,168 t | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 774,372 t | +18.0% |
| 1966 | 763,385 t | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 861,780 t | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 872,162 t | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 803,998 t | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 774,600 t | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 714,800 t | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 832,718 t | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 1.11 million t | +33.7% |
| 1974 | 1.30 million t | +16.6% |
| 1975 | 975,532 t | -24.8% |
| 1976 | 995,065 t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 1.07 million t | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 1.16 million t | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 1.43 million t | +23.9% |
| 1980 | 1.32 million t | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 1.45 million t | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 1.35 million t | -6.4% |
| 1983 | 1.75 million t | +28.9% |
| 1984 | 1.81 million t | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 1.29 million t | -28.6% |
| 1986 | 1.67 million t | +29.4% |
| 1987 | 2.42 million t | +44.7% |
| 1988 | 2.57 million t | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 2.15 million t | -16.3% |
| 1990 | 2.74 million t | +27.8% |
| 1991 | 3.16 million t | +15.3% |
| 1992 | 2.90 million t | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 2.35 million t | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 3.04 million t | +29.2% |
| 1995 | 3.72 million t | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 3.55 million t | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 4.47 million t | +26.2% |
| 1998 | 4.21 million t | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 4.57 million t | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 4.56 million t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 4.73 million t | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 5.69 million t | +20.3% |
| 2003 | 5.34 million t | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 5.86 million t | +9.8% |
| 2005 | 6.94 million t | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 5.65 million t | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 7.02 million t | +24.2% |
| 2008 | 4.46 million t | -36.5% |
| 2009 | 2.00 million t | -55.1% |
| 2010 | 4.33 million t | +116.4% |
| 2011 | 5.03 million t | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 5.00 million t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 4.75 million t | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 5.97 million t | +25.7% |
| 2015 | 6.82 million t | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 4.77 million t | -30.0% |
| 2017 | 5.76 million t | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 5.72 million t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 6.74 million t | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 6.59 million t | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 5.87 million t | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 5.71 million t | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 8.02 million t | +40.4% |
| 2024 | 8.85 million t | +10.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +116.4% | 2.00 million t | 4.33 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 723,278 t | 546,891 t | 872,162 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.04 million t | 714,800 t | 1.43 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.78 million t | 1.29 million t | 2.57 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.47 million t | 2.35 million t | 4.57 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.22 million t | 2.00 million t | 7.02 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.49 million t | 4.33 million t | 6.82 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.01 million t | 5.71 million t | 8.85 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 6.03 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 25.26 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use 9.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Eastern Asia was 8.85 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.85 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 546,891 t in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.