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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987

1987, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,555.959; Mauritius is lowest, at -71.475. The middle country reads 25.354. Against 1986, 157 values changed (97 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1987

HighestSingapore

1,555.959

LowestMauritius

-71.475

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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,555.9591,660.75104.7906.3104,668
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia782.589873.8191.22610.4403,130
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia453.096528.4875.38414.2643,625
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa424.330550.93126.60522.980424
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe301.400367.9366.53518.083349,202
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia242.468302.1159.63819.741593,586
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean232.044306.2774.22224.2352,242
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa228.347343.96115.61633.613581,600
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe224.622285.0060.38021.18694,722
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia224.301329.79105.49131.987198,731
South KoreaKOREastern Asia193.437274.1780.73329.446414,535
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe188.254293.02104.76935.75583,020
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe185.889263.3277.43329.4061,301,783
GermanyDEUWestern Europe176.080248.4372.35329.1242,181,632
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe175.200211.5836.38017.1942,278
NorwayNORNorthern Europe158.157189.9931.83016.754137,439
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe156.499228.0871.57931.384405,020
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia142.967150.167.1914.7891,144
BulgariaBGREastern Europe130.548170.7740.22623.555539,295
ChinaCHNEastern Asia123.909192.3668.45135.58515,761,257
IcelandISLNorthern Europe119.121119.510.3910.32716,081
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe118.627154.7036.07423.31884,699
FranceFRAWestern Europe115.218184.9469.72137.7002,242,024
HungaryHUNEastern Europe113.525170.1056.57333.259600,432
AustriaAUTWestern Europe109.808178.4768.66038.472166,140

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,555.959
  2. Kuwait782.589
  3. Hong Kong453.096
  4. Djibouti424.330
  5. Netherlands301.400

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-71.475
  2. Solomon Islands-53.683
  3. Kiribati-43.150
  4. Vanuatu-38.708
  5. Eswatini-32.396

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,660.75

    LowestKiribati6.01

    Middle country: 56.15

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius218.427

    LowestIceland0.391

    Middle country: 27.161

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati818.182

    LowestIceland0.327

    Middle country: 46.479

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina15,761,257

    LowestCôte d’Ivoire-25,764

    Middle country: 28,132

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 97 · 60rose · 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 1987.

  • 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) (1987). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1987

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987?

Singapore, at 1,555.959, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1987?

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, 1987 the newest?

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

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