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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998

1998, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998 covers 181 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,490.672; Micronesia is lowest, at -129.760. The middle country reads 33.391. Against 1997, 181 values changed (104 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1998

HighestSingapore

2,490.672

LowestMicronesia

-129.760

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,490.6722,536.8846.2101.8222,989
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia514.218610.3796.15715.7543,600
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia352.838408.2255.38013.5662,117
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa349.809491.57141.75728.838560
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe266.123363.4197.28326.770119,463
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia264.430350.2985.86324.512227,146
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe263.020338.2975.27522.2512,367
South KoreaKOREastern Asia237.242317.4080.16125.255453,131
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe236.414295.9359.51920.112273,910
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia236.209269.0032.79512.19123,149
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean226.566282.1555.58819.7011,291
Costa RicaCRICentral America211.393277.3865.98623.789103,583
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa208.170347.06138.88740.019678,555
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia184.435194.329.8855.0871,475
ChinaCHNEastern Asia167.968257.0389.06334.65121,842,471
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe163.768256.7192.94536.2061,032,723
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe160.882217.4356.54726.00732,659
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe159.015235.1976.17532.38969,352
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia158.966233.7974.82432.0051,178,417
NorwayNORNorthern Europe143.769175.9032.12618.264129,824
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia130.340186.4156.07530.0811,151,427
IcelandISLNorthern Europe129.540129.870.3300.25416,840
BahrainBHRWestern Asia127.511151.4623.94715.811765
BahamasBHSCaribbean125.265166.3241.06024.6871,002
IsraelISRWestern Asia117.200171.8954.68831.81649,107

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,490.672
  2. Kuwait514.218
  3. Hong Kong352.838
  4. Djibouti349.809
  5. Ireland266.123

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-129.760
  2. Solomon Islands-75.368
  3. Mauritius-66.502
  4. Eswatini-56.118
  5. Kiribati-42.444

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.391. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,536.88

    LowestNiger6.95

    Middle country: 67.24

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia272.027

    LowestIceland0.330

    Middle country: 32.126

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati702.511

    LowestIceland0.254

    Middle country: 48.480

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina21,842,471

    LowestNigeria-36,823

    Middle country: 33,814

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 181 in both
  • 104 · 77rose · 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 1998.

  • 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) (1998). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1998

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998?

Singapore, at 2,490.672, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998 cover?

181.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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