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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997

1997, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997 covers 181 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,006.887; Micronesia is lowest, at -129.825. The middle country reads 28.276. Against 1996, 181 values changed (98 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1997

HighestSingapore

2,006.887

LowestMicronesia

-129.825

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,006.8872,047.8941.0062.0022,408.3
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia518.776596.6777.89713.0553,631.4
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia363.586429.0765.48415.2622,181.5
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa354.034493.96139.92528.327566.5
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia262.260358.3696.10126.817226,854.6
South KoreaKOREastern Asia262.011345.3583.34124.132504,109.1
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe247.660352.51104.85229.744105,949.0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe241.731309.9168.18022.000280,069.8
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia241.407274.1732.76611.95122,933.6
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe198.106264.0765.96024.9791,981.1
Costa RicaCRICentral America193.700264.6170.91026.79894,913.2
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa176.729318.53141.79844.517573,471.4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe169.804263.6893.87335.6021,090,988.0
ChinaCHNEastern Asia167.632255.1987.55534.31021,798,797.8
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean163.011216.4853.46624.698987.8
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe162.802236.5473.74031.17471,263.1
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia158.682168.9210.2416.0631,269.5
NorwayNORNorthern Europe151.869182.2430.37416.667136,986.1
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia132.911186.6953.78128.8071,164,961.7
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe131.400183.7752.36528.49626,937.0
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe128.225181.5953.36629.388142,072.8
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia126.957199.6472.68636.408914,345.3
IcelandISLNorthern Europe121.131121.380.2500.20616,110.5
IsraelISRWestern Asia119.834171.8452.01030.26650,210.2
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe114.306208.5594.24545.190271,247.2

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,006.887
  2. Kuwait518.776
  3. Hong Kong363.586
  4. Djibouti354.034
  5. Taiwan262.260

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-129.825
  2. Solomon Islands-74.276
  3. Mauritius-73.806
  4. Eswatini-56.717
  5. Vanuatu-36.057

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.276. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,047.89

    LowestKiribati6.84

    Middle country: 60.94

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia272.058

    LowestIceland0.250

    Middle country: 30.657

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands672.728

    LowestIceland0.206

    Middle country: 48.486

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina21,798,797.8

    LowestNigeria-54,928.1

    Middle country: 36,665.0

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 181 in both
  • 98 · 83rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Singapore2,874.646 → 2,006.887−867.759
  • Kuwait646.509 → 518.776−127.733
  • Moldova35.113 → -2.591−37.704
  • Egypt211.285 → 176.729−34.555
  • Mauritius-39.303 → -73.806−34.503

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 1997.

  • 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) (1997). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1997

0663 held

Other years

07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997?

Singapore, at 2,006.887, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997 cover?

181.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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