Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia
Namibia: Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area was 0.0523 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 0.0523 kg/ha for seed — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023.
The figure is down 29.4% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia peaked at 0.1351 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0152 kg/ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 158th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0152 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.0152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0152 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0243 kg/ha | +59.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0243 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0243 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0242 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0242 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0242 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0241 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.024 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0331 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0331 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0397 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0599 kg/ha | +50.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0597 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0597 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0596 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0596 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0595 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0595 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0595 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0591 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0533 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0591 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0533 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0533 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0591 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0591 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0591 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0525 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0591 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0728 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0679 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0621 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0693 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0568 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0496 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0568 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0496 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0504 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0577 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0577 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0812 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0739 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0885 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0593 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0739 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0738 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0592 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0956 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 2018 | 0.1174 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0403 kg/ha | -65.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1351 kg/ha | +235.2% |
| 2021 | 0.084 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0741 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0523 kg/ha | -29.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.0523 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2844 kg/ha, 18% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.0523 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.204 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +235.2% | 0.0403 kg/ha | 0.1351 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0212 kg/ha | 0.0152 kg/ha | 0.0243 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0452 kg/ha | 0.024 kg/ha | 0.0599 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0575 kg/ha | 0.0533 kg/ha | 0.0595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0613 kg/ha | 0.0525 kg/ha | 0.0728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0549 kg/ha | 0.0496 kg/ha | 0.0577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0763 kg/ha | 0.0403 kg/ha | 0.1174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0864 kg/ha | 0.0523 kg/ha | 0.1351 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % 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 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia?
- Seed — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia was 0.0523 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1351 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest seed — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0152 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for seed — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Namibia ranks 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is seed — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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 (%).