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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985

1985, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,050.93; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -85.68. The middle country reads 19.89. Against 1984, 157 values changed (88 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1985

HighestSingapore

1,050.93

LowestSolomon Islands

-85.68

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,050.931,128.43777.5066.86845,255
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia840.85930.66589.8149.65052,523
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia485.57564.02978.46413.91133,885
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa394.85510.342115.48922.6298395
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe316.22379.09162.87416.5855366,369
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia252.60308.19155.59318.0384618,109
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe218.20285.16066.96323.482693,228
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia212.90324.942112.03934.4797189,058
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean197.00283.62386.62130.54101,970
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe186.32262.25875.93528.95431,315,627
South KoreaKOREastern Asia178.41261.62583.21731.8077382,507
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa175.70290.286114.58939.4744438,716
GermanyDEUWestern Europe166.89241.53874.65130.90672,073,734
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe165.35202.58737.23618.38002,150
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe160.80250.27289.47035.749281,623
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe156.32233.69677.37633.1098408,620
NorwayNORNorthern Europe154.29187.12232.83117.5451132,382
BulgariaBGREastern Europe147.72179.21231.49617.5745610,658
IcelandISLNorthern Europe134.00134.2820.2860.213317,955
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe125.59161.61236.02422.290489,544
AustriaAUTWestern Europe123.90196.84372.93837.0541188,954
RomaniaROUEastern Europe114.93153.25538.32925.00971,220,745
SurinameSURSouth America112.55186.88174.33439.77626,978
FranceFRAWestern Europe110.49178.50368.00938.09952,126,128
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia107.39114.3616.9716.0952859

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,050.93
  2. Kuwait840.85
  3. Hong Kong485.57
  4. Djibouti394.85
  5. Netherlands316.22

Lowest

  1. Solomon Islands-85.68
  2. Mauritius-66.43
  3. Eswatini-43.58
  4. Vanuatu-38.06
  5. Maldives-36.97

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.89. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,128.437

    LowestNiger5.564

    Middle country: 54.399

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius197.146

    LowestIceland0.286

    Middle country: 28.489

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands723.2944

    LowestIceland0.2133

    Middle country: 46.7956

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina12,614,007

    LowestAustralia-100,213

    Middle country: 20,269

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 88 · 69rose · 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 1985.

  • 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) (1985). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1985

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985?

Singapore, at 1,050.93, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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