Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Malta
Malta: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 85 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Malta, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Malta recorded 85 t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024.
The figure is down 25.4% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Malta peaked at 320 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1991.
That places Malta 181st out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12 t | — |
| 1962 | 12 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 58 t | +383.3% |
| 1964 | 60 t | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 23 t | -61.7% |
| 1966 | 26 t | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 35 t | +34.6% |
| 1968 | 30 t | -14.3% |
| 1969 | 47 t | +56.7% |
| 1970 | 38 t | -19.1% |
| 1971 | 70 t | +84.2% |
| 1972 | 120 t | +71.4% |
| 1973 | 100 t | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 100 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 32 t | -68.0% |
| 1976 | 32 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 38 t | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 96 t | +152.6% |
| 1979 | 49 t | -49.0% |
| 1980 | 320 t | +553.1% |
| 1981 | 51 t | -84.1% |
| 1982 | 91 t | +78.4% |
| 1983 | 194 t | +113.2% |
| 1984 | 292 t | +50.5% |
| 1985 | 98 t | -66.4% |
| 1986 | 62 t | -36.7% |
| 1987 | 59 t | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 62 t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 47 t | -24.2% |
| 1990 | 43 t | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 t | — |
| 1993 | 0 t | — |
| 1994 | 127 t | — |
| 1995 | 213 t | +67.7% |
| 1996 | 162 t | -23.9% |
| 1997 | 169 t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 170 t | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 131 t | -22.9% |
| 2000 | 150 t | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 200 t | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 176 t | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 181 t | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 233 t | +28.7% |
| 2005 | 147 t | -36.9% |
| 2006 | 133 t | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 171 t | +28.6% |
| 2008 | 128 t | -25.1% |
| 2009 | 101 t | -21.1% |
| 2010 | 88 t | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 175 t | +98.9% |
| 2012 | 86 t | -50.9% |
| 2013 | 89 t | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 75 t | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 122 t | +62.7% |
| 2016 | 149 t | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 107 t | -28.2% |
| 2018 | 132 t | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 190 t | +43.9% |
| 2020 | 157 t | -17.4% |
| 2021 | 153 t | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 110 t | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 114 t | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 85 t | -25.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +553.1% | 49 t | 320 t |
| 1963 | +383.3% | 12 t | 58 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33.67 t | 12 t | 60 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 67.5 t | 32 t | 120 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 127.6 t | 47 t | 320 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 101.5 t | 0 t | 213 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 162 t | 101 t | 233 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.3 t | 75 t | 190 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 123.8 t | 85 t | 157 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 178 Saint Lucia 106 t compare
- 179 Polynesia 101 t compare
- 180 Ethiopia PDR 100 t compare
- 181 French Polynesia 85 t compare
- 183 Afghanistan 80 t compare
- 184 Comoros 77 t compare
- 184 Equatorial Guinea 77 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Malta?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Malta was 85 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 320 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1991.
- How does Malta rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Malta ranks 181st out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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.