Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Canada
Canada: Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre was 1.13 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Canada, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Canada recorded 1.13 kg per square kilometre for potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Canada peaked at 1.66 kg per square kilometre in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.4468 kg per square kilometre, in 1972.
Canada ranks 100th of 137 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5226 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.5182 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1963 | 0.5129 kg per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 0.511 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.5205 kg per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.5883 kg per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 0.5335 kg per square kilometre | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 0.5641 kg per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.5607 kg per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.5876 kg per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 0.4922 kg per square kilometre | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 0.4468 kg per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4836 kg per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 0.5559 kg per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 0.5 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 0.5171 kg per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.5497 kg per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 0.5452 kg per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 0.5777 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 0.532 kg per square kilometre | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.5596 kg per square kilometre | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 0.5815 kg per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.5554 kg per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 0.5926 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 0.6068 kg per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.5695 kg per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 0.611 kg per square kilometre | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5692 kg per square kilometre | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5949 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6216 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1.01 kg per square kilometre | +63.2% |
| 1992 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 1993 | 1.11 kg per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 1.19 kg per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1.28 kg per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 1.32 kg per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 1.36 kg per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 1.45 kg per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.53 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 1.6 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.42 kg per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 2006 | 1.5 kg per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 1.5 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.41 kg per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1.37 kg per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9418 kg per square kilometre | -31.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9163 kg per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9807 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9757 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9578 kg per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.9867 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9278 kg per square kilometre | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9356 kg per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9023 kg per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.9311 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9355 kg per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1.08 kg per square kilometre | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 1.09 kg per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | +3.5% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 1.13 kg per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 4.15 kg per square kilometre, 27% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +63.2% | 0.6216 kg per square kilometre | 1.01 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5369 kg per square kilometre | 0.511 kg per square kilometre | 0.5883 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5256 kg per square kilometre | 0.4468 kg per square kilometre | 0.5876 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5773 kg per square kilometre | 0.532 kg per square kilometre | 0.611 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.18 kg per square kilometre | 0.6216 kg per square kilometre | 1.4 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 kg per square kilometre | 1.37 kg per square kilometre | 1.66 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9456 kg per square kilometre | 0.9023 kg per square kilometre | 0.9867 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 kg per square kilometre | 0.9355 kg per square kilometre | 1.13 kg per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 97 Burkina Faso 1.3 kg per square kilometre compare
- 98 Yemen 1.28 kg per square kilometre compare
- 99 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.21 kg per square kilometre compare
- 101 Nicaragua 1.12 kg per square kilometre compare
- 102 Iraq 0.9709 kg per square kilometre compare
- 103 Brazil 0.8192 kg per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Canada
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.27 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 44,359 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 9,631 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,728 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.34 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,240 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,229 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 16,823 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 406.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 63.48 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Canada?
- Potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Canada was 1.13 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 kg per square kilometre in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4468 kg per square kilometre in 1972.
- How does Canada rank for potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre?
- Canada ranks 100th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Potatoes — Crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.