Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1992

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1992: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Country	Cropland nitrogen balance (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen use efficiency (%)	Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	2,579.305	2,609.796	30.491	1.168	3,095
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	369.340	437.765	68.425	15.631	2,585
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	355.304	377.142	21.839	5.791	1,777
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	353.908	494.447	140.539	28.424	531
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	256.081	291.098	35.017	12.029	17,670
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	255.287	327.035	71.748	21.939	295,775
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	244.497	344.462	99.965	29.021	214,179
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	244.259	315.341	71.083	22.542	605,265
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	228.042	344.328	116.286	33.772	90,282
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	226.465	304.441	77.977	25.613	468,782
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	187.610	261.290	73.680	28.198	80,550
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	184.347	222.857	38.510	17.280	2,397
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	163.572	198.222	34.650	17.481	38,603
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	158.518	183.457	24.939	13.594	139,972
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	155.914	285.147	129.232	45.321	467,163
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	153.295	239.278	85.983	35.934	1,014,509
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	145.118	213.247	68.129	31.948	369,761
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	144.630	218.931	74.301	33.938	18,903,136
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	142.066	184.648	42.581	23.061	2,515
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	138.455	138.670	0.215	0.155	346
QatarQATWestern Asia	128.856	143.723	14.867	10.344	1,804
Costa RicaCRICentral America	122.419	179.128	56.710	31.659	62,433
DominicaDMACaribbean	122.093	155.185	33.092	21.324	1,953
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	117.969	180.726	62.757	34.725	572,622
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	117.840	192.494	74.654	38.782	1,379,669

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestSingapore2,609.796

  LowestNiger6.302

  Middle country: 64.208

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMauritius217.758

  LowestMicronesia0.215

  Middle country: 27.702

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestSolomon Islands551.062

  LowestMicronesia0.155

  Middle country: 45.497

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina18,903,136

  LowestPapua New Guinea-11,036

  Middle country: 34,285

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+ Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Croatia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Russia+ Slovenia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

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.

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