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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983

1983, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Kuwait is highest, at 962.107; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -64.644. The middle country reads 21.490. Against 1982, 157 values changed (87 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1983

HighestKuwait

962.107

LowestSolomon Islands

-64.644

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia962.1071,027.89565.7886.401,924.2
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia940.9771,020.05479.0777.755,645.9
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia509.286597.93088.64414.834,074.3
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa323.285426.071102.78524.12323.3
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe306.118364.50858.39116.02354,667.9
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia240.253291.96951.71617.71581,437.1
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe228.650289.11660.46720.9195,223.4
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean209.082271.51862.43623.002,090.8
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia203.998316.069112.07135.46182,374.2
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe198.124268.80570.68026.291,380,926.0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe186.485241.29554.80922.71486,726.6
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa172.093284.561112.46839.52419,001.6
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe169.745256.54686.80133.8384,957.4
NorwayNORNorthern Europe166.888194.60827.72114.24141,687.5
GermanyDEUWestern Europe161.215224.77863.56328.282,007,130.0
BulgariaBGREastern Europe151.337192.86841.53221.53626,684.3
IcelandISLNorthern Europe146.355146.4760.1210.0819,611.5
South KoreaKOREastern Asia143.383228.47885.09437.24310,711.3
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe131.725172.51240.78723.641,712.4
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe123.134160.90237.76823.4787,425.4
AustriaAUTWestern Europe120.622188.77668.15436.10182,862.9
HungaryHUNEastern Europe120.025173.70553.68030.90635,172.6
FranceFRAWestern Europe119.065175.77956.71432.262,265,450.9
SurinameSURSouth America117.464190.98873.52438.506,695.4
RomaniaROUEastern Europe112.053147.40235.34823.981,182,722.3

02In 1983

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Kuwait962.107
  2. Singapore940.977
  3. Hong Kong509.286
  4. Djibouti323.285
  5. Netherlands306.118

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands-64.644
  2. Mauritius-57.099
  3. Belize-44.090
  4. Vanuatu-37.926
  5. Nauru-34.994

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.490. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestKuwait1,027.895

    LowestKiribati5.524

    Middle country: 50.726

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius184.789

    LowestIceland0.121

    Middle country: 26.128

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands567.12

    LowestIceland0.08

    Middle country: 47.25

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina12,184,606.7

    LowestAustralia-251,791.2

    Middle country: 21,815.6

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 87 · 70rose · 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 1983.

  • 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) (1983). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1983

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983?

Kuwait, at 962.107, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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