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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975

1975, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 776.63; Tonga is lowest, at -58.12. The middle country reads 12.56. Against 1974, 157 values changed (95 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1975

HighestDjibouti

776.63

LowestTonga

-58.12

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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa776.63790.0913.4641.70777
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia758.18814.6956.5076.946,065
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia578.76690.28111.51516.16579
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia286.77360.9974.22220.562,868
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe274.37327.8453.46616.31317,886
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe208.99264.9355.93921.1281,150
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean204.65259.7555.10321.211,842
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia187.22301.68114.45237.94171,684
South KoreaKOREastern Asia177.97262.7684.79132.27398,647
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe164.52210.6746.15021.911,144,047
NorwayNORNorthern Europe161.44183.0821.63711.82127,861
IcelandISLNorthern Europe156.51156.660.1510.1019,720
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe156.47205.1048.62323.71416,222
GermanyDEUWestern Europe150.14210.0259.88428.511,878,190
QatarQATWestern Asia149.85152.242.3921.57300
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa149.19213.3764.17330.08746
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe123.90195.6371.72836.6756,932
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia112.39161.1448.75130.25255,317
HungaryHUNEastern Europe105.90148.5042.60528.69581,902
AustriaAUTWestern Europe105.19156.8851.69232.95169,246
BulgariaBGREastern Europe104.74144.6439.89727.58454,896
FranceFRAWestern Europe100.97144.1443.17029.951,913,718
RomaniaROUEastern Europe99.51129.0329.52622.881,044,802
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe93.88122.3428.46323.261,220
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia86.9299.1512.23612.3471,879

02In 1975

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti776.63
  2. Singapore758.18
  3. Kuwait578.76
  4. Hong Kong286.77
  5. Netherlands274.37

Lowest

  1. Tonga-58.12
  2. Solomon Islands-52.43
  3. Samoa-42.00
  4. Maldives-41.96
  5. Nauru-40.45

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.56. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore814.69

    LowestNiger5.09

    Middle country: 40.69

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados190.845

    LowestIceland0.151

    Middle country: 22.586

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestMaldives593.80

    LowestIceland0.10

    Middle country: 55.12

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States7,364,536

    LowestArgentina-113,140

    Middle country: 11,959

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 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 1975.

  • 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) (1975). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1975

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975?

Djibouti, at 776.63, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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