Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita was 0 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita in Tuvalu, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Tuvalu recorded 0 kg/cap for nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita in Tuvalu peaked at 0.58 kg/cap in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 2022.
Tuvalu ranks 197th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.52 kg/cap | — |
| 2003 | 0.52 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.51 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4 kg/cap | -21.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.49 kg/cap | +22.5% |
| 2008 | 0.58 kg/cap | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 0.48 kg/cap | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 0.57 kg/cap | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 0.46 kg/cap | -19.3% |
| 2012 | 0.37 kg/cap | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 0.27 kg/cap | -27.0% |
| 2014 | 0.27 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.36 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.27 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.37 kg/cap | +37.0% |
| 2018 | 0.37 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.47 kg/cap | +27.0% |
| 2020 | 0.38 kg/cap | -19.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1 kg/cap | -73.7% |
| 2022 | 0 kg/cap | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2024 | 0 kg/cap | — |
Tuvalu compared with similar countries
- Tuvalu's 0 kg/cap is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.34 kg/cap. (52 countries reporting)
- Tuvalu's 0 kg/cap is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.845 kg/cap. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4875 kg/cap | 0.4 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.378 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.57 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.096 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 195 Djibouti 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 195 Nigeria 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 197 Afghanistan 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Aruba 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Central African Republic 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Eritrea 0 kg/cap
- 197 Ethiopia PDR 0 kg/cap
- 197 Guadeloupe 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Kiribati 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Marshall Islands 0 kg/cap
- 197 Martinique 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Naoero 0 kg/cap
- 197 Niue 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Palau 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Samoa 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Singapore 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 South Sudan 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Vanuatu 0 kg/cap compare
- 197 Micronesia 0 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Tuvalu
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.836 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % 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 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita in Tuvalu?
- Nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita in Tuvalu was 0 kg/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 0.58 kg/cap in 2008.
- What is the lowest nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does Tuvalu rank for nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita?
- Tuvalu ranks 197th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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 capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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