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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996

1996, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996 covers 181 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,874.646; Micronesia is lowest, at -129.752. The middle country reads 25.669. Against 1995, 181 values changed (94 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1996

HighestSingapore

2,874.646

LowestMicronesia

-129.752

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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,874.6462,911.56436.9181.2683,450
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia646.509717.47670.9689.8914,526
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa352.773488.815136.04227.831564
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia297.392356.57659.18516.5982,082
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia273.259303.13029.8719.85423,773
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia256.659351.59194.93227.001223,807
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe245.988319.16973.18122.929285,001
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe244.428364.530120.10232.94799,409
South KoreaKOREastern Asia231.525315.18083.65526.542450,317
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa211.285350.950139.66639.797671,137
ChinaCHNEastern Asia187.081273.20286.12131.52324,327,808
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe186.005285.45299.44734.8391,144,673
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe183.512236.17152.65922.2972,019
Costa RicaCRICentral America170.684236.76166.07727.90984,489
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe162.043241.11479.07132.79471,894
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean149.760203.46453.70426.395961
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia142.347195.92453.57727.3461,242,265
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia141.904213.73171.82833.607993,893
NorwayNORNorthern Europe136.954165.38628.43217.191136,954
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia122.944133.34210.3977.798984
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe121.694211.92690.23242.577283,669
IsraelISRWestern Asia120.487177.81357.32632.23950,484
IcelandISLNorthern Europe119.086119.3980.3120.26115,957
CyprusCYPWestern Asia112.586145.15032.56422.43515,987
BahamasBHSCaribbean111.736152.11740.38126.546894

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,874.646
  2. Kuwait646.509
  3. Djibouti352.773
  4. Hong Kong297.392
  5. United Arab Emirates273.259

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-129.752
  2. Solomon Islands-71.100
  3. Eswatini-60.110
  4. Mauritius-39.303
  5. Kiribati-35.868

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 25.669. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,911.564

    LowestKiribati6.958

    Middle country: 60.213

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia272.064

    LowestIceland0.312

    Middle country: 29.418

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands649.538

    LowestIceland0.261

    Middle country: 48.863

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina24,327,808

    LowestMorocco-42,443

    Middle country: 30,225

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 181 in both
  • 94 · 87rose · 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 1996.

  • 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) (1996). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1996

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Other years

07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996?

Singapore, at 2,874.646, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996 cover?

181.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1996?

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, 1996 the newest?

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

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