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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988

1988, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,395.305; Mauritius is lowest, at -63.893. The middle country reads 24.202. Against 1987, 157 values changed (84 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1988

HighestSingapore

1,395.305

LowestMauritius

-63.893

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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,395.3051,455.4060.0964.1294,186
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia659.664745.4085.73411.5023,298
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa451.376566.94115.56820.384451
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia435.633506.8571.21714.0513,485
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe289.919356.6066.67718.698335,900
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia256.056316.2260.16719.027626,877
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean233.052320.9287.86827.3802,167
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa226.216343.14116.92534.075583,864
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia217.286325.58108.29033.261194,470
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe204.612281.4676.85127.30487,010
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe203.350310.55107.20334.52086,241
South KoreaKOREastern Asia192.987279.8986.90131.049412,605
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe189.091265.6476.54628.8161,314,942
GermanyDEUWestern Europe174.128248.7974.66530.0112,157,445
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe170.310206.5936.27917.5612,214
NorwayNORNorthern Europe157.816184.6526.83614.533137,931
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe151.993230.0578.05633.930390,622
BulgariaBGREastern Europe147.568190.2242.65722.425610,930
ChinaCHNEastern Asia138.253205.2166.96232.63017,723,973
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe128.041161.8433.79520.88291,421
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia124.585133.138.5416.416997
IcelandISLNorthern Europe120.676120.910.2330.19316,291
FranceFRAWestern Europe117.390191.8274.43438.8032,236,390
HungaryHUNEastern Europe114.391176.6462.25035.241604,786
Costa RicaCRICentral America109.797156.9247.12330.03057,424

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,395.305
  2. Kuwait659.664
  3. Djibouti451.376
  4. Hong Kong435.633
  5. Netherlands289.919

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-63.893
  2. Solomon Islands-53.229
  3. Kiribati-48.347
  4. Vanuatu-34.129
  5. Maldives-33.299

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 24.202. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,455.40

    LowestNiger5.44

    Middle country: 57.35

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius195.700

    LowestIceland0.233

    Middle country: 28.219

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati901.063

    LowestIceland0.193

    Middle country: 44.580

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina17,723,973

    LowestCôte d’Ivoire-23,757

    Middle country: 26,329

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 84 · 73rose · 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 1988.

  • 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) (1988). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1988

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988?

Singapore, at 1,395.305, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988 describe?

1988.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1988?

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, 1988 the newest?

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

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