Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland was 2.28 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 2.28 kg/ha for nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.9% on the previous year and up 49.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 2.45 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.27 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 0.35 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 0.43 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1967 | 0.47 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1968 | 0.85 kg/ha | +80.9% |
| 1969 | 0.69 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1970 | 0.63 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 0.75 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1972 | 0.88 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1973 | 0.99 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 1.06 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 0.95 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1976 | 0.99 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 1.03 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 1.56 kg/ha | +51.5% |
| 1979 | 1.23 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1980 | 1.14 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 1.54 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1982 | 1.07 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1983 | 1.09 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1.08 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 1.47 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1986 | 0.85 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1987 | 0.83 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 0.97 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1989 | 0.73 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1990 | 0.78 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.72 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 1.1 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 1993 | 1.06 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 1.17 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 1.13 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.42 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1997 | 1.43 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.33 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 1.3 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 1.21 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 1.37 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 1.07 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2003 | 1.13 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 1.19 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 1.17 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 1.27 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 1.32 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 1.13 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 1.17 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.28 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 1.18 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 1.62 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2013 | 1.46 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 1.53 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 1.56 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 1.74 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 1.95 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 1.88 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 2.45 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 2020 | 1.94 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2021 | 1.97 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 2.14 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2023 | 2.45 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2024 | 2.28 kg/ha | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4178 kg/ha | 0.2 kg/ha | 0.85 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.01 kg/ha | 0.63 kg/ha | 1.56 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.08 kg/ha | 0.73 kg/ha | 1.54 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.14 kg/ha | 0.72 kg/ha | 1.43 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 kg/ha | 1.07 kg/ha | 1.37 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.66 kg/ha | 1.18 kg/ha | 2.45 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.16 kg/ha | 1.94 kg/ha | 2.45 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
More environment data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.238 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 299,875 million USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 2.89 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 316,092 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1.96 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 43 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 224,322 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 25.98 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 2.28 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.45 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland. 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