Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland
Switzerland: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 16,210 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 16,210 t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024.
The figure is up 41.6% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland peaked at 76,900 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 11,352 t, in 2009.
That places Switzerland 92nd out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 48,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 55,000 t | +14.6% |
| 1965 | 64,000 t | +16.4% |
| 1966 | 57,000 t | -10.9% |
| 1967 | 58,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 59,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 61,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 62,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 65,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 50,635 t | -22.1% |
| 1973 | 66,200 t | +30.7% |
| 1974 | 65,100 t | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 57,800 t | -11.2% |
| 1976 | 55,800 t | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 57,400 t | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 66,100 t | +15.2% |
| 1979 | 73,600 t | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 69,000 t | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 66,600 t | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 68,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 76,900 t | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 71,400 t | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 75,900 t | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 68,400 t | -9.9% |
| 1987 | 68,700 t | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 71,700 t | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 75,400 t | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 70,500 t | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 56,400 t | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 58,300 t | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 56,000 t | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 51,000 t | -8.9% |
| 1995 | 43,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1996 | 37,000 t | -14.0% |
| 1997 | 36,007 t | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 36,027 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 34,000 t | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 28,324 t | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 28,296 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 27,689 t | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 23,145 t | -16.4% |
| 2004 | 25,012 t | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 25,015 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 24,623 t | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 26,685 t | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 22,251 t | -16.6% |
| 2009 | 11,352 t | -49.0% |
| 2010 | 21,933 t | +93.2% |
| 2011 | 20,333 t | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 14,506 t | -28.7% |
| 2013 | 14,469 t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 15,012 t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 13,294 t | -11.4% |
| 2016 | 14,676 t | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 18,437 t | +25.6% |
| 2018 | 16,096 t | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 19,313 t | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 18,176 t | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 20,481 t | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 12,933 t | -36.9% |
| 2023 | 11,447 t | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 16,210 t | +41.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland 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 | +93.2% | 11,352 t | 21,933 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,000 t | 45,000 t | 64,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,964 t | 50,635 t | 73,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,200 t | 66,600 t | 76,900 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,823 t | 34,000 t | 70,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,239 t | 11,352 t | 28,324 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,807 t | 13,294 t | 21,933 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,849 t | 11,447 t | 20,481 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Switzerland was 16,210 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 76,900 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,352 t in 2009.
- How does Switzerland rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Switzerland ranks 92nd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.