Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in World
World: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 42.81 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in World, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
World recorded 42.81 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 10.6% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in World peaked at 42.81 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.68 million t, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 60 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in World, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.68 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.88 million t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 4.54 million t | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 5.14 million t | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 5.87 million t | +14.2% |
| 1966 | 6.33 million t | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 7.69 million t | +21.6% |
| 1968 | 8.06 million t | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 8.86 million t | +9.9% |
| 1970 | 9.25 million t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 10.10 million t | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 10.92 million t | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 12.88 million t | +18.0% |
| 1974 | 12.95 million t | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 12.29 million t | -5.1% |
| 1976 | 13.71 million t | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 14.89 million t | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 15.14 million t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 15.48 million t | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 16.25 million t | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 15.45 million t | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 15.27 million t | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 16.47 million t | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 18.18 million t | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 17.47 million t | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 17.62 million t | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 19.47 million t | +10.5% |
| 1988 | 19.22 million t | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 18.63 million t | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 20.37 million t | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 19.13 million t | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 19.67 million t | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 18.35 million t | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 20.68 million t | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 21.51 million t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 20.94 million t | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 23.11 million t | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 23.59 million t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 24.39 million t | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 24.32 million t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 22.58 million t | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 24.12 million t | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 25.41 million t | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 29.80 million t | +17.3% |
| 2005 | 29.54 million t | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 26.85 million t | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 31.40 million t | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 32.33 million t | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 14.88 million t | -54.0% |
| 2010 | 28.02 million t | +88.4% |
| 2011 | 30.87 million t | +10.2% |
| 2012 | 27.69 million t | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 29.47 million t | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 31.67 million t | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 33.54 million t | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 30.22 million t | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 38.29 million t | +26.7% |
| 2018 | 37.75 million t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 36.68 million t | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 38.82 million t | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 40.00 million t | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 33.59 million t | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 38.72 million t | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 42.81 million t | +10.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in World 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 | +88.4% | 14.88 million t | 28.02 million t |
| 2009 | -54.0% | 32.33 million t | 14.88 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.01 million t | 3.68 million t | 8.86 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.76 million t | 9.25 million t | 15.48 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.40 million t | 15.27 million t | 19.47 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.18 million t | 18.35 million t | 24.39 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.12 million t | 14.88 million t | 32.33 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.42 million t | 27.69 million t | 38.29 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.79 million t | 33.59 million t | 42.81 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in World?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in World was 42.81 million t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 42.81 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.68 million t in 1961.
- How does World rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- World ranks 1st out of 60 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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
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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.