Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity was 602,410 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) stood at 602,410 t. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 602,410 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 191,725 t, in 1991.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) ranks 37th of 58 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 192,849 t | — |
| 1991 | 191,725 t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 193,040 t | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 192,451 t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 197,302 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 217,808 t | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 220,881 t | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 222,943 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 236,809 t | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 261,283 t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 249,006 t | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 253,407 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 377,579 t | +49.0% |
| 2003 | 322,394 t | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 559,868 t | +73.7% |
| 2005 | 342,401 t | -38.8% |
| 2006 | 348,903 t | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 334,800 t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 374,862 t | +12.0% |
| 2009 | 308,750 t | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 359,660 t | +16.5% |
| 2011 | 356,771 t | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 480,954 t | +34.8% |
| 2013 | 403,157 t | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 422,048 t | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 438,553 t | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 409,787 t | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 569,941 t | +39.1% |
| 2018 | 527,304 t | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 538,337 t | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 587,593 t | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 509,524 t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 499,204 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 596,698 t | +19.5% |
| 2024 | 602,410 t | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 212,709 t | 191,725 t | 261,283 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 347,197 t | 249,006 t | 559,868 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 450,651 t | 356,771 t | 569,941 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 559,086 t | 499,204 t | 602,410 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
- 34 Peru 157,394 t compare
- 35 Germany 153,164 t compare
- 36 New Zealand 132,319 t compare
- 37 Ireland 122,294 t compare
- 38 Czechoslovakia 113,600 t
- 39 Costa Rica 109,315 t compare
- 40 Lithuania 103,559 t compare
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 269,539 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 2.98 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 1.06 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 114,223 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 1.06 million t (2024)
- Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 207,444 1000 USD (2024)
- Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import quantity 447,888 t (2024)
- Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import quantity 320,055 t (2024)
- Fertilizers n.e.c. — Import value 189,285 1000 USD (2024)
- NPK fertilizers — Import quantity 1.27 million t (2024)
All data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) was 602,410 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 602,410 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 191,725 t in 1991.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) ranks 37th out of 58 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Fertilizers by Nutrient dataset contains information on the totals in nutrients for Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers. The data are provided for the three primary plant nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and potassium (expressed as K2O). Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFN/RFN_EN_README.pdf