Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in China
China: Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area was 0.8933 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in China, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed — cropland potassium per unit area in China is 0.8933 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed — cropland potassium per unit area in China peaked at 1.11 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.7954 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places China 24th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.03 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.04 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1.07 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 1.04 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 1.06 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1.06 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 1.04 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 1.05 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 1.06 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1.07 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 1.08 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 1.07 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 1.07 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 1.07 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 1.08 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 1.08 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.09 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 1.09 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 1.11 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 1.11 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1.06 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 1.01 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 0.9321 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 0.8884 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 0.8897 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.8955 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.8949 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8878 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.8681 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 0.877 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.8922 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.9293 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.905 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.898 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.9055 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9095 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8842 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 0.9022 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.9205 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8943 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.8919 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.9034 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.9142 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.8344 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.8287 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.8338 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 0.834 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.837 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.8086 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8236 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8254 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.7954 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.8277 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.8306 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8389 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8596 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.862 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.8612 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.8885 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.902 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9009 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8933 kg/ha | -0.8% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.8933 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2591 kg/ha, 3.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 0.8933 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1059 kg/ha, 8.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 kg/ha | 1.03 kg/ha | 1.07 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.08 kg/ha | 1.07 kg/ha | 1.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.968 kg/ha | 0.8878 kg/ha | 1.11 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8971 kg/ha | 0.8681 kg/ha | 0.9293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8692 kg/ha | 0.8287 kg/ha | 0.9205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8333 kg/ha | 0.7954 kg/ha | 0.862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8962 kg/ha | 0.8885 kg/ha | 0.902 kg/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed — cropland potassium per unit area in China?
- Seed — cropland potassium per unit area in China was 0.8933 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest seed — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7954 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does China rank for seed — cropland potassium per unit area?
- China ranks 24th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seed — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).