Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade)
Europe (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 1.62 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade) is 1.62 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.9% on the previous year and up 129.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.62 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 445,384 t, in 2009.
That places Europe (excluding intra-trade) 23rd out of 60 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Europe (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 866,375 t | — |
| 1991 | 797,114 t | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 827,624 t | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 775,833 t | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 956,632 t | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million t | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 1.21 million t | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 1.09 million t | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 962,252 t | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 886,291 t | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 792,850 t | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 771,574 t | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 860,414 t | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 919,936 t | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 1.56 million t | +69.6% |
| 2005 | 773,376 t | -50.4% |
| 2006 | 636,267 t | -17.7% |
| 2007 | 704,746 t | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 742,325 t | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 445,384 t | -40.0% |
| 2010 | 899,230 t | +101.9% |
| 2011 | 878,729 t | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 738,126 t | -16.0% |
| 2013 | 729,698 t | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 704,133 t | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 698,080 t | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 822,815 t | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million t | +25.7% |
| 2018 | 1.04 million t | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 957,910 t | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 1.26 million t | +32.0% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million t | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 1.32 million t | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 1.33 million t | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 1.62 million t | +21.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +101.9% | 445,384 t | 899,230 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 952,281 t | 775,833 t | 1.21 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 820,714 t | 445,384 t | 1.56 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 850,782 t | 698,080 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.38 million t | 1.26 million t | 1.62 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe (excluding intra-trade)
- 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
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 242,818 t compare
More environment data for Europe (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 2.07 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 9.09 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.32 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 21.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 1.62 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.32 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 4.11 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 4.35 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 9.09 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Europe (excluding intra-trade) was 1.62 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Europe (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Europe (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 445,384 t in 2009.
- How does Europe (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Europe (excluding intra-trade) ranks 23rd out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Europe (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 129.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe (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.