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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993

1993, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993 covers 181 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,497.28; Mauritius is lowest, at -77.76. The middle country reads 29.44. Against 1992, 177 values changed (84 up, 93 down), 4 countries joined.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1993

HighestSingapore

2,497.28

LowestMauritius

-77.76

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, 1993, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 181 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,497.282,524.67827.4001.0852,997
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia446.26488.01941.7558.5562,678
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa358.10498.353140.25728.144537
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia297.43362.81965.39018.0232,082
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe273.36366.22892.86625.357111,231
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia248.86281.91233.04711.72318,665
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia245.05347.155102.10729.412214,418
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe244.42315.80771.38822.605283,184
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia236.22307.47671.26123.176583,120
South KoreaKOREastern Asia229.14304.52775.38824.756470,881
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe181.15220.52839.37617.8552,355
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe178.77254.24975.47529.68577,416
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa178.00312.786134.78743.092536,699
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe176.26260.51484.25432.3421,084,350
QatarQATWestern Asia149.44164.89815.4559.3732,242
NorwayNORNorthern Europe146.05179.24833.19818.521129,984
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia138.42138.6430.2210.159346
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe133.86214.94281.08737.725340,260
ChinaCHNEastern Asia129.43207.56278.13437.64416,825,668
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia122.78131.4898.7136.627982
IcelandISLNorthern Europe121.68121.9190.2390.19616,427
DominicaDMACaribbean120.79156.37135.58222.7551,933
Costa RicaCRICentral America114.36174.76560.40434.56357,180
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia107.88158.75450.87732.048954,280
GermanyDEUWestern Europe107.51183.49575.98241.4081,280,588

02In 1993

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,497.28
  2. Kuwait446.26
  3. Djibouti358.10
  4. Hong Kong297.43
  5. Ireland273.36

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-77.76
  2. Solomon Islands-55.55
  3. Kiribati-28.24
  4. Eswatini-27.16
  5. Vanuatu-24.85

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,524.678

    LowestNiger5.892

    Middle country: 59.509

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius208.479

    LowestMicronesia0.221

    Middle country: 29.384

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands544.996

    LowestMicronesia0.159

    Middle country: 45.621

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina16,825,668

    LowestGhana-17,516

    Middle country: 37,679

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −0countries joined / left
  • 177values changed, of 177 in both
  • 84 · 93rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Czechia+ Eritrea+ Ethiopia+ Slovakia

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 1993.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 181 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) (1993). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1993

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993?

Singapore, at 2,497.28, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993 cover?

181.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1993?

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, 1993 the newest?

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

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