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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980

1980, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Kuwait is highest, at 1,020.373; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -62.552. The middle country reads 17.408. Against 1979, 157 values changed (84 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1980

HighestKuwait

1,020.373

LowestSolomon Islands

-62.552

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1,020.3731,164.71144.33812.3931,020
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia883.729939.3655.6355.9237,070
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia515.200616.85101.65116.4794,122
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa367.059461.1794.10820.407367
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe302.384360.9358.54716.221350,342
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe244.833302.3657.52919.02798,569
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia227.266279.1151.84018.574542,529
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean210.362266.3455.98121.0182,104
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia194.808312.66117.85737.694176,690
South KoreaKOREastern Asia183.818254.5770.75127.792403,663
GermanyDEUWestern Europe174.921238.4763.55026.6492,191,755
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe169.847225.0955.23924.541450,604
QatarQATWestern Asia168.951182.6213.6667.484845
NorwayNORNorthern Europe166.341197.3531.01315.715135,901
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe162.580227.1164.53428.4151,137,410
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe147.085183.9336.84120.0301,912
IcelandISLNorthern Europe146.592146.930.3380.23019,497
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa143.113255.94112.82544.083349,910
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa139.435209.6770.23733.499697
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe132.134211.6979.55237.58073,400
BulgariaBGREastern Europe131.210172.6241.41023.989548,064
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe122.659154.4831.82020.59986,106
ChinaCHNEastern Asia120.387184.2763.88634.66911,955,027
AustriaAUTWestern Europe117.263179.4362.17234.649191,725
FranceFRAWestern Europe109.543167.8258.27834.7262,067,290

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kuwait1,020.373
  2. Singapore883.729
  3. Hong Kong515.200
  4. Djibouti367.059
  5. Netherlands302.384

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands-62.552
  2. Barbados-58.500
  3. Saint Kitts and Nevis-50.156
  4. Guyana-47.846
  5. Samoa-42.916

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.408. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestKuwait1,164.71

    LowestKiribati5.35

    Middle country: 46.13

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados269.782

    LowestIceland0.338

    Middle country: 24.804

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands531.305

    LowestIceland0.230

    Middle country: 52.068

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina11,955,027

    LowestAustralia-14,225

    Middle country: 19,738

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 84 · 73rose · 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 1980.

  • 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) (1980). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1980

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980?

Kuwait, at 1,020.373, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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