Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 602,410 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) is 602,410 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 602,410 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 191,725 t, in 1991.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) 38th 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 192,849 t | — |
| 1991 | 191,725 t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 193,040 t | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 192,451 t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 197,302 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 217,808 t | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 220,881 t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 222,943 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 236,809 t | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 261,283 t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 249,006 t | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 253,407 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 377,579 t | +49.0% |
| 2003 | 322,394 t | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 559,868 t | +73.7% |
| 2005 | 342,401 t | -38.8% |
| 2006 | 348,903 t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 334,800 t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 374,862 t | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 308,750 t | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 359,660 t | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 356,771 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 480,954 t | +34.8% |
| 2013 | 403,157 t | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 422,048 t | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 438,553 t | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 409,787 t | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 569,941 t | +39.1% |
| 2018 | 527,304 t | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 538,337 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 587,593 t | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 509,524 t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 499,204 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 596,698 t | +19.5% |
| 2024 | 602,410 t | +1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (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 | +73.7% | 322,394 t | 559,868 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 212,709 t | 191,725 t | 261,283 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 347,197 t | 249,006 t | 559,868 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 450,651 t | 356,771 t | 569,941 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 559,086 t | 499,204 t | 602,410 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
- 35 Ecuador 157,752 t compare
- 36 Peru 157,394 t compare
- 37 Germany 153,164 t compare
- 38 New Zealand 132,319 t compare
- 39 Ireland 122,294 t compare
- 40 Czechoslovakia 113,600 t
- 41 Costa Rica 109,315 t compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 269,539 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 269,539 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.06 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate -10.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.9573 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 602,410 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2.98 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.06 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 114,223 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -17.59 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) was 602,410 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 602,410 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,725 t in 1991.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) ranks 38th out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (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.
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- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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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.