Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1978

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1978: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Country	Cropland nitrogen balance (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen use efficiency (%)	Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	911.7613	929.406	17.6447	1.899	911.8
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	834.3253	894.543	60.2172	6.732	6,674.6
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	587.6391	695.019	107.3794	15.450	587.6
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	462.7523	554.500	91.7475	16.546	3,702.0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	269.5510	331.136	61.5852	18.598	312,301.8
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	241.8147	302.616	60.8011	20.092	95,516.8
QatarQATWestern Asia	231.7212	264.633	32.9119	12.437	463.4
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	229.5013	283.143	53.6413	18.945	524,318.7
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	219.5627	293.705	74.1418	25.244	1,976.1
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	193.0926	307.064	113.9716	37.117	177,259.0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	167.5026	224.521	57.0186	25.396	444,384.3
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	166.7205	223.990	57.2690	25.568	1,169,377.7
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	164.0222	194.743	30.7210	15.775	132,201.9
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	159.9610	258.235	98.2740	38.056	355,433.2
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	159.9155	226.012	66.0961	29.245	2,011,097.9
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	159.2103	159.508	0.2979	0.187	20,697.3
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	147.1059	225.802	78.6960	34.852	74,921.0
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	144.7092	203.308	58.5987	28.823	723.5
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	130.9821	158.051	27.0690	17.127	1,833.7
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	123.9303	156.460	32.5301	20.791	86,379.4
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	119.1948	221.834	102.6389	46.268	302,754.7
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	114.2472	172.915	58.6680	33.929	187,936.7
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	108.1983	157.952	49.7541	31.499	582,972.6
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	107.1519	147.547	40.3950	27.378	459,467.3
FranceFRAWestern Europe	105.1650	158.351	53.1862	33.588	1,995,506.3

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.9430. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestDjibouti929.406

  LowestKiribati5.218

  Middle country: 46.513

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMauritius218.8250

  LowestIceland0.2979

  Middle country: 25.7112

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestKiribati655.975

  LowestIceland0.187

  Middle country: 54.298

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina9,017,308.4

  LowestAustralia-221,551.4

  Middle country: 14,793.8

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  Environment_Cropland_nutrient_budget_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip

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