Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland
Ireland: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 122,294 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland is 122,294 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and down 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland peaked at 246,000 t in 1994 and was at its lowest, 46,978 t, in 2009.
Ireland ranks 39th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 79,607 t | — |
| 1962 | 86,215 t | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 87,331 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 90,130 t | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 82,766 t | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 110,000 t | +32.9% |
| 1967 | 125,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 135,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 162,300 t | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 156,200 t | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 148,700 t | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 199,400 t | +34.1% |
| 1973 | 185,000 t | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 140,100 t | -24.3% |
| 1975 | 153,100 t | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 188,000 t | +22.8% |
| 1977 | 185,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 244,500 t | +32.2% |
| 1979 | 222,400 t | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 162,900 t | -26.8% |
| 1981 | 196,500 t | +20.6% |
| 1982 | 175,000 t | -10.9% |
| 1983 | 211,800 t | +21.0% |
| 1984 | 238,000 t | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 225,930 t | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 227,452 t | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 223,400 t | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 185,000 t | -17.2% |
| 1989 | 185,600 t | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 148,000 t | -20.3% |
| 1991 | 155,500 t | +5.1% |
| 1992 | 177,000 t | +13.8% |
| 1993 | 177,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 246,000 t | +39.0% |
| 1995 | 160,000 t | -35.0% |
| 1996 | 144,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 160,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 152,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 148,000 t | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 135,000 t | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 134,300 t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 83,265 t | -38.0% |
| 2003 | 93,537 t | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 162,643 t | +73.9% |
| 2005 | 150,183 t | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 160,283 t | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 139,509 t | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 109,796 t | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 46,978 t | -57.2% |
| 2010 | 123,180 t | +162.2% |
| 2011 | 109,900 t | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 95,846 t | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 141,150 t | +47.3% |
| 2014 | 149,593 t | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 134,333 t | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 140,726 t | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 159,595 t | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 172,737 t | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 158,492 t | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 173,220 t | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 148,963 t | -14.0% |
| 2022 | 126,436 t | -15.1% |
| 2023 | 115,627 t | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 122,294 t | +5.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland 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 | +162.2% | 46,978 t | 123,180 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,483 t | 79,607 t | 162,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 182,240 t | 140,100 t | 244,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 203,158 t | 162,900 t | 238,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 166,750 t | 144,000 t | 246,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 121,549 t | 46,978 t | 162,643 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,555 t | 95,846 t | 172,737 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 137,308 t | 115,627 t | 173,220 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 36 Peru 157,394 t compare
- 37 Germany 153,164 t compare
- 38 New Zealand 132,319 t compare
- 40 Czechoslovakia 113,600 t compare
- 41 Costa Rica 109,315 t compare
- 42 Lithuania 103,559 t compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.412 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 10,207 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 310,411 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 10.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 92,074 t (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Ireland was 122,294 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 246,000 t in 1994.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 46,978 t in 2009.
- How does Ireland rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Ireland ranks 39th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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.