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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981

1981, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 948.064; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -72.354. The middle country reads 19.110. Against 1980, 157 values changed (78 up, 79 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1981

HighestSingapore

948.064

LowestSolomon Islands

-72.354

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia948.0641,016.1968.1226.7046,636
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia733.580817.8584.26710.3041,467
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia474.029566.0592.01816.2563,792
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe297.676359.5961.91217.218344,887
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa265.023361.7196.69026.731265
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia230.200285.0954.89419.255552,274
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe225.650287.8162.16321.59991,729
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean207.425269.1061.67122.9182,074
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia195.666312.40116.72937.366176,100
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe177.696242.3864.68826.6881,240,672
South KoreaKOREastern Asia166.094249.4483.34533.413363,414
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe165.675223.8858.20525.998439,204
NorwayNORNorthern Europe165.633195.8230.18715.416137,144
GermanyDEUWestern Europe161.340224.6963.34728.1942,016,426
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa154.960267.00112.04141.963382,440
QatarQATWestern Asia151.624165.3413.7218.298910
IcelandISLNorthern Europe149.613149.860.2460.16419,899
BulgariaBGREastern Europe143.659189.7946.13424.308598,485
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa143.314213.1069.79032.749717
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe133.734215.9482.20538.06971,294
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe127.410160.2132.79920.47389,952
AustriaAUTWestern Europe120.303176.3556.04331.780198,259
RomaniaROUEastern Europe113.809147.6533.84622.9221,196,020
FranceFRAWestern Europe112.623169.3556.72733.4972,130,368
ChinaCHNEastern Asia111.267178.2767.00437.58511,126,708

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore948.064
  2. Kuwait733.580
  3. Hong Kong474.029
  4. Netherlands297.676
  5. Djibouti265.023

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands-72.354
  2. Mauritius-70.497
  3. Vanuatu-44.594
  4. Nauru-42.113
  5. Belize-41.090

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.110. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,016.19

    LowestKiribati5.34

    Middle country: 48.86

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados216.897

    LowestIceland0.246

    Middle country: 25.564

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati685.177

    LowestIceland0.164

    Middle country: 51.105

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina11,126,708

    LowestAustralia-167,069

    Middle country: 19,656

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 78 · 79rose · 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 1981.

  • 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) (1981). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1981

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981?

Singapore, at 948.064, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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