Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita was 0.0025 t per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.0025 t per person for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita in 2023.
That represents a change of up 17.6% on the previous year and up 153.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.0064 t per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0009 t per person, in 2009.
Zimbabwe ranks 57th of 173 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.003 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0031 t per person | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0041 t per person | +33.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0039 t per person | -3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0038 t per person | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0041 t per person | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0037 t per person | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0041 t per person | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0045 t per person | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0048 t per person | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0052 t per person | +8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0054 t per person | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0056 t per person | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0059 t per person | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0045 t per person | -24.7% |
| 1976 | 0.003 t per person | -32.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0033 t per person | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0063 t per person | +92.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0036 t per person | -42.3% |
| 1980 | 0.004 t per person | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0037 t per person | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0042 t per person | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0036 t per person | -13.5% |
| 1984 | 0.0033 t per person | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0042 t per person | +26.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0036 t per person | -15.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0045 t per person | +25.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0037 t per person | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0033 t per person | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0032 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0033 t per person | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0037 t per person | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0042 t per person | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0046 t per person | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 0.0021 t per person | -53.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0043 t per person | +104.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0036 t per person | -17.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0034 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0036 t per person | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0029 t per person | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0029 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0014 t per person | -51.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 t per person | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 0.003 t per person | +129.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 t per person | -57.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0018 t per person | +37.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0017 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0064 t per person | +266.2% |
| 2009 | 0.0009 t per person | -85.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0015 t per person | +61.3% |
| 2011 | 0.001 t per person | -35.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0009 t per person | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 0.001 t per person | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.001 t per person | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0011 t per person | +13.3% |
| 2016 | 0.0016 t per person | +44.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0028 t per person | +70.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0033 t per person | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0018 t per person | -44.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0033 t per person | +80.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0038 t per person | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0021 t per person | -44.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0025 t per person | +17.6% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 0.0025 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0007 t per person, 3.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 0.0025 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0002 t per person, 10.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita 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 | +266.2% | 0.0017 t per person | 0.0064 t per person |
| 2004 | +129.9% | 0.0013 t per person | 0.003 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0038 t per person | 0.003 t per person | 0.0045 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0048 t per person | 0.003 t per person | 0.0063 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0038 t per person | 0.0033 t per person | 0.0045 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0036 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0046 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0024 t per person | 0.0009 t per person | 0.0064 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0016 t per person | 0.0009 t per person | 0.0033 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0029 t per person | 0.0021 t per person | 0.0038 t per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita in Zimbabwe was 0.0025 t per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0064 t per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0009 t per person in 2009.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita?
- Zimbabwe ranks 57th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity, per capita rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 153.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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 divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.