Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico
Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico: Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of) was 2,630 kg km2 per day in 2015. ▼ Falling
Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico, 2000–2015
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in kg km2 per day.
Analysis
Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico recorded 2,630 kg km2 per day for coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico peaked at 4,207 kg km2 per day in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,321 kg km2 per day, in 2014.
Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico ranks 11th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg km2 per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,632 kg km2 per day | — |
| 2001 | 3,332 kg km2 per day | +26.6% |
| 2002 | 3,348 kg km2 per day | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 3,321 kg km2 per day | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 3,653 kg km2 per day | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 3,683 kg km2 per day | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,764 kg km2 per day | -24.9% |
| 2007 | 3,507 kg km2 per day | +26.9% |
| 2008 | 3,659 kg km2 per day | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 3,141 kg km2 per day | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 4,207 kg km2 per day | +34.0% |
| 2011 | 2,382 kg km2 per day | -43.4% |
| 2012 | 2,600 kg km2 per day | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 2,346 kg km2 per day | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 2,321 kg km2 per day | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,630 kg km2 per day | +13.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,304 kg km2 per day | 2,632 kg km2 per day | 3,683 kg km2 per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,748 kg km2 per day | 2,321 kg km2 per day | 4,207 kg km2 per day | 6 |
Countries ranked near Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico
- 8 Large Marine Ecosystem: Patagonian Shelf 4,029 kg km2 per day compare
- 9 Large Marine Ecosystem: Indonesian Sea 3,445 kg km2 per day compare
- 10 Large Marine Ecosystem: East China Sea 2,907 kg km2 per day compare
- 12 Large Marine Ecosystem: West Bering Sea 2,201 kg km2 per day compare
- 13 Large Marine Ecosystem: Sea of Okhotsk 2,094 kg km2 per day compare
- 14 Large Marine Ecosystem: Guinea Current 2,069 kg km2 per day compare
More development goals data for Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico
- Indicator for Coastal Eutrophication Potential (ICEP) (kilograms of) -0.2188 kg km2 per day (2015)
- Coastal eutrophication: Dissolved silica (DSi) (kilograms of silica) 80,884 kg km2 per day (2015)
- Coastal eutrophication: Total Nitrogen (TN) (kilograms of nitrogen) 60,537 kg km2 per day (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico?
- Coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico was 2,630 kg km2 per day in 2015, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) recorded in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 4,207 kg km2 per day in 2010.
- What is the lowest coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) recorded in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,321 kg km2 per day in 2014.
- How does Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico rank for coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of)?
- Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico ranks 11th out of 64 countries with data for 2015.
- Is coastal eutrophication: total phosphorus (tp) (kilograms of) rising or falling in Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Large Marine Ecosystem: Gulf of Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Coastal eutrophication: Total Phosphorus (TP) (kilograms of phosphorus from algae biomass per sq. km. of river basin area per day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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