Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in India
India: Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area was 0.819 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in India, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, seed — cropland potassium per unit area in India stood at 0.819 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed — cropland potassium per unit area in India peaked at 0.819 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3393 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places India 35th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3579 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.3537 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 0.3544 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3486 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 0.3612 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 0.3524 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.3393 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 0.3757 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1969 | 0.3831 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.3963 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 0.4115 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.3977 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4056 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 0.394 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 0.4227 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 0.4348 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.46 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 0.4752 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 0.4504 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 0.4381 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.4679 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 0.4745 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5173 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5058 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 0.502 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.4954 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5056 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.5453 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5772 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 0.4933 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5128 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 0.5303 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 0.5023 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 0.516 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.5402 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5543 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 0.5545 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.5552 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.5645 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.5449 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.5442 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5555 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5771 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5565 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5667 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6113 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 0.6436 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6356 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.6319 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6183 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.6669 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6727 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.673 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6752 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6585 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6811 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 0.6958 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7137 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7594 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 0.6654 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7524 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7728 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.819 kg/ha | +6.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.819 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2844 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 0.819 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.5161 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3585 kg/ha | 0.3393 kg/ha | 0.3831 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4248 kg/ha | 0.394 kg/ha | 0.4752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5029 kg/ha | 0.4381 kg/ha | 0.5772 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5323 kg/ha | 0.4933 kg/ha | 0.5645 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5867 kg/ha | 0.5442 kg/ha | 0.6436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6815 kg/ha | 0.6183 kg/ha | 0.7594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7524 kg/ha | 0.6654 kg/ha | 0.819 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed — cropland potassium per unit area in India?
- Seed — cropland potassium per unit area in India was 0.819 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.819 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest seed — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3393 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does India rank for seed — cropland potassium per unit area?
- India ranks 35th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seed — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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 (%).