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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976

1976, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 792.396; Mauritius is lowest, at -114.897. The middle country reads 14.808. Against 1975, 157 values changed (99 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1976

HighestSingapore

792.396

LowestMauritius

-114.897

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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia792.396852.14859.7537.0126,339
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa782.307797.03714.7311.848782
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia537.636647.316109.68016.944538
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia307.621388.17780.55620.7523,076
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe261.896316.90655.01017.359303,433
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe223.125280.62557.50020.49086,796
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean210.921260.85449.93319.1421,898
QatarQATWestern Asia202.228206.3344.1061.990404
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia182.889303.241120.35339.689168,257
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe171.474215.85444.38020.5601,196,033
GermanyDEUWestern Europe165.784219.96954.18524.6332,082,745
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia164.926215.64350.71723.519375,503
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe163.532208.89745.36521.716436,140
NorwayNORNorthern Europe158.875182.80823.93413.092126,305
IcelandISLNorthern Europe154.496154.6630.1670.10819,621
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa151.398210.77159.37428.170757
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe126.898192.59965.70134.11360,403
South KoreaKOREastern Asia121.004212.97591.97143.184270,806
AustriaAUTWestern Europe110.108167.62257.51434.312178,155
FranceFRAWestern Europe109.575150.76041.18527.3182,053,106
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe105.515137.70132.18623.3741,372
HungaryHUNEastern Europe100.721143.41242.69129.768551,045
BulgariaBGREastern Europe99.132142.48243.35030.425428,944
El SalvadorSLVCentral America93.645144.35950.71335.13064,615
JapanJPNEastern Asia91.535149.39757.86238.730506,736

02In 1976

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore792.396
  2. Djibouti782.307
  3. Kuwait537.636
  4. Hong Kong307.621
  5. Netherlands261.896

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-114.897
  2. Solomon Islands-53.180
  3. Tonga-51.189
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis-46.320
  5. Samoa-36.589

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.808. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore852.148

    LowestKiribati5.208

    Middle country: 43.303

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius223.537

    LowestIceland0.167

    Middle country: 23.934

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati524.806

    LowestIceland0.108

    Middle country: 52.891

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States7,554,981

    LowestArgentina-157,380

    Middle country: 13,049

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 99 · 58rose · 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 1976.

  • 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) (1976). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1976

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976?

Singapore, at 792.396, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1976?

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, 1976 the newest?

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

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