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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977

1977, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 879.613; Mauritius is lowest, at -80.307. The middle country reads 14.850. Against 1976, 157 values changed (101 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1977

HighestSingapore

879.613

LowestMauritius

-80.307

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia879.613941.0861.46326.537,037
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa801.483817.4215.93271.95801
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia501.791622.37120.575319.37502
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia386.164475.7689.596918.833,475
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe269.870326.0556.182417.23312,671
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe238.123289.0350.910317.6192,773
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean234.846293.7958.948320.062,114
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia188.975241.8852.901321.87431,165
QatarQATWestern Asia185.951212.4626.504512.48372
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia177.054303.80126.750041.72163,420
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe164.431219.8155.383125.201,151,018
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe163.452220.2356.777825.78432,821
NorwayNORNorthern Europe161.113190.9729.855115.63128,890
GermanyDEUWestern Europe160.552221.7461.190327.602,016,537
IcelandISLNorthern Europe154.741154.920.18140.1219,962
South KoreaKOREastern Asia137.132226.2589.119139.39305,941
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa135.583199.4263.834632.01678
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe129.684159.1429.451118.511,816
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe127.013211.4284.411939.9364,116
HungaryHUNEastern Europe111.631157.8346.197529.27605,261
AustriaAUTWestern Europe110.745165.5754.829733.11180,182
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa109.888202.3992.506945.71289,554
BahamasBHSCaribbean107.081146.2339.151826.77964
FranceFRAWestern Europe104.050151.0046.945631.091,959,887
BulgariaBGREastern Europe102.487142.2639.773727.96442,026

02In 1977

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore879.613
  2. Djibouti801.483
  3. Kuwait501.791
  4. Hong Kong386.164
  5. Netherlands269.870

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-80.307
  2. Barbados-56.351
  3. Solomon Islands-52.260
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis-51.255
  5. Belize-45.930

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.850. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore941.08

    LowestKiribati5.20

    Middle country: 44.00

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados234.3323

    LowestIceland0.1814

    Middle country: 24.7312

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati533.26

    LowestIceland0.12

    Middle country: 51.79

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina7,371,457

    LowestArgentina-81,259

    Middle country: 16,441

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 101 · 56rose · 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 1977.

  • 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) (1977). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1977

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977?

Singapore, at 879.613, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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