Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America
Northern America: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 8.59 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 8.59 million t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% on the previous year and up 115.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America peaked at 8.59 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 368,261 t, in 1961.
That places Northern America 9th out of 60 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 368,261 t | — |
| 1962 | 535,395 t | +45.4% |
| 1963 | 691,123 t | +29.1% |
| 1964 | 857,346 t | +24.1% |
| 1965 | 1.26 million t | +47.5% |
| 1966 | 1.53 million t | +20.7% |
| 1967 | 2.05 million t | +34.2% |
| 1968 | 1.82 million t | -11.4% |
| 1969 | 2.42 million t | +33.6% |
| 1970 | 2.31 million t | -4.5% |
| 1971 | 2.85 million t | +23.1% |
| 1972 | 2.96 million t | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 3.82 million t | +29.1% |
| 1974 | 3.53 million t | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 3.59 million t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 4.52 million t | +25.9% |
| 1977 | 4.51 million t | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 4.64 million t | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 4.93 million t | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 4.99 million t | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 4.37 million t | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 4.01 million t | -8.2% |
| 1983 | 4.70 million t | +17.2% |
| 1984 | 4.88 million t | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 4.34 million t | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 3.96 million t | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 4.32 million t | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 3.79 million t | -12.3% |
| 1989 | 3.87 million t | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 4.24 million t | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 4.74 million t | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 4.43 million t | -6.6% |
| 1993 | 4.69 million t | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 4.78 million t | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 5.21 million t | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 5.10 million t | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 4.71 million t | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 5.49 million t | +16.5% |
| 1999 | 5.56 million t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 5.66 million t | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 4.21 million t | -25.6% |
| 2002 | 5.19 million t | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 5.41 million t | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 6.46 million t | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 6.11 million t | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 5.51 million t | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 6.59 million t | +19.7% |
| 2008 | 7.46 million t | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 2.86 million t | -61.6% |
| 2010 | 6.24 million t | +118.1% |
| 2011 | 6.52 million t | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 5.17 million t | -20.7% |
| 2013 | 5.91 million t | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 3.98 million t | -32.6% |
| 2015 | 6.28 million t | +57.7% |
| 2016 | 5.40 million t | -13.9% |
| 2017 | 7.51 million t | +39.0% |
| 2018 | 7.88 million t | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 7.08 million t | -10.1% |
| 2020 | 7.26 million t | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 8.31 million t | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 6.72 million t | -19.1% |
| 2023 | 7.29 million t | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 8.59 million t | +17.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America 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 | +118.1% | 2.86 million t | 6.24 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.28 million t | 368,261 t | 2.42 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.77 million t | 2.31 million t | 4.93 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.32 million t | 3.79 million t | 4.99 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.89 million t | 4.24 million t | 5.56 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.55 million t | 2.86 million t | 7.46 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.20 million t | 3.98 million t | 7.88 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.64 million t | 6.72 million t | 8.59 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Northern America was 8.59 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.59 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 368,261 t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Northern America ranks 9th out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 115.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.