Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled was 40,425 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 40,425 t for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.6% on the previous year and up 195.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe peaked at 82,918 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 11,930 t, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 67th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,930 t | — |
| 1962 | 12,380 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 17,000 t | +37.3% |
| 1964 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 17,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,700 t | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 17,700 t | -5.3% |
| 1968 | 20,000 t | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 23,000 t | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 25,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 28,000 t | +12.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 35,000 t | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 27,208 t | -22.3% |
| 1976 | 18,935 t | -30.4% |
| 1977 | 21,195 t | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 41,394 t | +95.3% |
| 1979 | 24,260 t | -41.4% |
| 1980 | 28,030 t | +15.5% |
| 1981 | 28,017 t | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 32,816 t | +17.1% |
| 1983 | 29,500 t | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 28,000 t | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 36,600 t | +30.7% |
| 1986 | 32,100 t | -12.3% |
| 1987 | 41,500 t | +29.3% |
| 1988 | 35,000 t | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 32,300 t | -7.7% |
| 1990 | 32,500 t | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 34,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 39,500 t | +16.2% |
| 1993 | 45,100 t | +14.2% |
| 1994 | 49,900 t | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 23,200 t | -53.5% |
| 1996 | 48,200 t | +107.8% |
| 1997 | 40,600 t | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 40,000 t | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 42,400 t | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 34,600 t | -18.4% |
| 2001 | 35,200 t | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 17,238 t | -51.0% |
| 2003 | 16,050 t | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 37,303 t | +132.4% |
| 2005 | 16,102 t | -56.8% |
| 2006 | 22,430 t | +39.3% |
| 2007 | 22,373 t | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 82,918 t | +270.6% |
| 2009 | 12,064 t | -85.5% |
| 2010 | 19,780 t | +64.0% |
| 2011 | 13,018 t | -34.2% |
| 2012 | 12,744 t | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 13,687 t | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 14,241 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 16,359 t | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 23,995 t | +46.7% |
| 2017 | 41,397 t | +72.5% |
| 2018 | 49,484 t | +19.5% |
| 2019 | 27,940 t | -43.5% |
| 2020 | 51,265 t | +83.5% |
| 2021 | 60,041 t | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 33,809 t | -43.7% |
| 2023 | 40,425 t | +19.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +270.6% | 22,373 t | 82,918 t |
| 2004 | +132.4% | 16,050 t | 37,303 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,190 t | 11,930 t | 23,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,299 t | 18,935 t | 41,394 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,386 t | 28,000 t | 41,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,540 t | 23,200 t | 49,900 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,628 t | 12,064 t | 82,918 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,264 t | 12,744 t | 49,484 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,385 t | 33,809 t | 60,041 t | 4 |
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- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled in Zimbabwe was 40,425 t in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 82,918 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,930 t in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Zimbabwe ranks 67th out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 195.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.