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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984

1984, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 921.619; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -81.105. The middle country reads 20.954. Against 1983, 157 values changed (76 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1984

HighestSingapore

921.619

LowestSolomon Islands

-81.105

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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia921.6191,003.88682.278.1955,530
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia689.494745.68956.207.5362,068
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia489.658575.12585.4714.8613,917
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa348.467463.025114.5624.741348
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe312.439379.86567.4317.750361,992
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia242.884298.34955.4718.591590,936
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe213.896287.01973.1225.47790,747
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia211.973321.176109.2034.001189,080
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean203.383283.77480.3928.3292,034
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe175.821265.03989.2233.6621,228,986
SurinameSURSouth America165.195244.24779.0532.3669,747
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa164.739274.861110.1240.065404,970
South KoreaKOREastern Asia160.505248.20387.7035.333345,567
NorwayNORNorthern Europe158.514194.56136.0518.527135,530
GermanyDEUWestern Europe157.697231.94074.2432.0101,959,858
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe157.132194.37637.2419.1612,043
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe152.303234.21581.9134.973400,100
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe141.495247.238105.7442.77073,209
IcelandISLNorthern Europe137.835138.2540.420.30318,470
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe126.199163.05236.8522.60289,980
BulgariaBGREastern Europe126.028175.01848.9927.992521,126
AustriaAUTWestern Europe121.817194.12872.3137.249185,405
HungaryHUNEastern Europe113.950176.05862.1135.277602,683
ChinaCHNEastern Asia111.464186.16174.7040.12513,130,511
RomaniaROUEastern Europe107.815150.36442.5528.2981,140,036

02In 1984

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore921.619
  2. Kuwait689.494
  3. Hong Kong489.658
  4. Djibouti348.467
  5. Netherlands312.439

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands-81.105
  2. Mauritius-49.381
  3. Eswatini-46.518
  4. Vanuatu-46.222
  5. Maldives-36.577

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.954. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,003.886

    LowestKiribati5.538

    Middle country: 50.358

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados183.57

    LowestIceland0.42

    Middle country: 27.63

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati738.678

    LowestIceland0.303

    Middle country: 47.315

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina13,130,511

    LowestAustralia-151,239

    Middle country: 22,274

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 76 · 81rose · 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 1984.

  • 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) (1984). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1984

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984?

Singapore, at 921.619, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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