Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 391,067 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) recorded 391,067 t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024.
That represents a change of up 56.8% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 542,471 t in 2004 and was at its lowest, 105,367 t, in 2009.
That places Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) 46th out of 60 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 221,876 t | — |
| 1991 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 221,876 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 258,327 t | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 234,788 t | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 220,905 t | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 542,471 t | +145.6% |
| 2005 | 173,972 t | -67.9% |
| 2006 | 199,939 t | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 203,792 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 205,489 t | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 105,367 t | -48.7% |
| 2010 | 196,928 t | +86.9% |
| 2011 | 205,920 t | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 210,742 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 233,453 t | +10.8% |
| 2014 | 309,426 t | +32.5% |
| 2015 | 274,054 t | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 257,314 t | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 394,734 t | +53.4% |
| 2018 | 313,108 t | -20.7% |
| 2019 | 313,972 t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 306,907 t | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 325,397 t | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 278,688 t | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 249,444 t | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 391,067 t | +56.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (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 | +145.6% | 220,905 t | 542,471 t |
| 2010 | +86.9% | 105,367 t | 196,928 t |
| 2005 | -67.9% | 542,471 t | 173,972 t |
| 2024 | +56.8% | 249,444 t | 391,067 t |
| 2017 | +53.4% | 257,314 t | 394,734 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 221,876 t | 221,876 t | 221,876 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,693 t | 105,367 t | 542,471 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 270,965 t | 196,928 t | 394,734 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 310,301 t | 249,444 t | 391,067 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 485,681 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 150,696 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 228,026 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 26.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 56.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 391,067 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 228,026 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 53,902 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 150,696 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) was 391,067 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 542,471 t in 2004.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 105,367 t in 2009.
- How does Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 46th out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Southern Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa (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.