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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973

1973, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 751.58; Mauritius is lowest, at -88.40. The middle country reads 15.36. Against 1972, 157 values changed (95 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1973

HighestDjibouti

751.58

LowestMauritius

-88.40

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 157 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa751.58763.65612.081.58752
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia593.02650.49157.478.836,523
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia543.83652.806108.9816.69544
QatarQATWestern Asia289.72293.5363.821.30290
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia268.63336.86268.2320.253,224
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe238.31297.09758.7919.79276,105
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe210.40268.35757.9621.6079,971
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia197.84311.517113.6836.49177,264
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe165.84216.13150.3023.27442,449
South KoreaKOREastern Asia159.83231.71671.8931.02358,178
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean158.49214.45655.9626.101,426
NorwayNORNorthern Europe153.51179.60126.0914.53121,271
IcelandISLNorthern Europe152.42152.5730.150.1018,901
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe149.80200.17250.3725.161,073,177
GermanyDEUWestern Europe140.27200.83960.5730.161,746,244
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa137.64207.09469.4533.54688
BahamasBHSCaribbean116.52147.45930.9420.981,049
LebanonLBNWestern Asia109.83127.24917.4213.6937,892
AustriaAUTWestern Europe108.80160.89452.0932.38175,386
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia105.65149.62643.9729.39237,829
JapanJPNEastern Asia105.35164.77359.4236.06594,924
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe103.19169.02765.8438.9549,965
FranceFRAWestern Europe98.70149.87751.1834.151,845,765
HungaryHUNEastern Europe93.42134.20340.7830.39518,938
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe93.33119.55426.2221.931,307

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Djibouti751.58
  2. Singapore593.02
  3. Kuwait543.83
  4. Qatar289.72
  5. Hong Kong268.63

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-88.40
  2. Solomon Islands-50.64
  3. Tonga-42.46
  4. Samoa-40.97
  5. Nauru-38.91

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.36. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti763.656

    LowestSaudi Arabia4.713

    Middle country: 40.992

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados233.16

    LowestIceland0.15

    Middle country: 22.15

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati575.99

    LowestIceland0.10

    Middle country: 52.17

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States6,746,965

    LowestArgentina-104,431

    Middle country: 17,399

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 95 · 62rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1973.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 157 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1973). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1973

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973?

Djibouti, at 751.58, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1973 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2023.

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