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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974

1974, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 760.7770; Mauritius is lowest, at -102.7529. The middle country reads 12.8255. Against 1973, 157 values changed (65 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1974

HighestDjibouti

760.7770

LowestMauritius

-102.7529

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa760.7770774.1113.3341.722760.8
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia710.3592762.6852.3246.8616,393.2
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia509.5285660.68151.15022.878509.5
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe258.6762316.9158.23218.375299,702.2
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia231.1326300.1168.98222.9852,773.6
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe200.1666261.6661.48923.50076,663.8
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia183.2133304.08120.86539.748168,006.6
South KoreaKOREastern Asia176.3246251.5975.26429.915394,614.4
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean167.9462224.5356.58725.2021,511.5
NorwayNORNorthern Europe151.1925182.3631.17117.093119,895.7
IcelandISLNorthern Europe148.0676148.380.3080.20818,508.5
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa144.3617210.2665.89531.340721.8
GermanyDEUWestern Europe143.0083208.4965.48331.4081,784,600.8
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe141.5566194.6953.13527.2921,012,696.0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe136.1292191.9355.80229.074361,423.0
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe111.2798181.2669.97838.60752,579.7
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia108.5302155.5847.05330.243244,768.2
HungaryHUNEastern Europe105.2626149.7144.44829.689579,260.3
AustriaAUTWestern Europe103.7844158.9155.12534.690167,300.5
QatarQATWestern Asia96.024098.202.1742.214192.0
SurinameSURSouth America94.1449159.2365.08640.8754,048.2
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia91.295299.628.3308.36173,127.5
BulgariaBGREastern Europe90.9799125.6834.70227.611408,317.7
FranceFRAWestern Europe87.3293136.5149.18436.0291,649,389.1
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe86.4699111.6725.20322.5691,210.6

02In 1974

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti760.7770
  2. Singapore710.3592
  3. Kuwait509.5285
  4. Netherlands258.6762
  5. Hong Kong231.1326

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-102.7529
  2. Solomon Islands-51.0641
  3. Tonga-49.6391
  4. Samoa-46.0422
  5. Nauru-39.4507

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.8255. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti774.11

    LowestKiribati5.19

    Middle country: 40.54

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados213.889

    LowestIceland0.308

    Middle country: 23.982

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati735.869

    LowestIceland0.208

    Middle country: 57.314

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States6,969,747.0

    LowestArgentina-105,947.4

    Middle country: 13,025.4

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 65 · 92rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Qatar289.7197 → 96.0240−193.6957
  • Lebanon109.8312 → 50.2953−59.5359
  • Hong Kong268.6327 → 231.1326−37.5001
  • Kuwait543.8304 → 509.5285−34.3019
  • Cyprus54.5411 → 20.8154−33.7257

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 1974.

  • 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) (1974). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1974

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974?

Djibouti, at 760.7770, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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