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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999

1999, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999 covers 181 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,387.997; Micronesia is lowest, at -130.165. The middle country reads 32.472. Against 1998, 181 values changed (81 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1999

HighestSingapore

2,387.997

LowestMicronesia

-130.165

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,387.9972,439.3651.3652.112,866
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia493.777584.5890.80515.533,950
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa361.580508.89147.31328.95579
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia337.147384.1847.03412.242,023
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia253.698345.5691.86226.58216,912
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean253.233302.3349.09916.241,352
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe242.093339.4097.30728.67113,784
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia234.633245.0010.3654.231,877
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe227.487297.3769.88623.50263,566
South KoreaKOREastern Asia221.904304.7482.83427.18421,396
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe200.334274.1773.83726.931,803
ChinaCHNEastern Asia179.371268.3288.94833.1523,325,314
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa177.718314.32136.60343.46618,991
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe171.273221.0349.76022.5134,597
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe169.509268.0898.57036.771,011,632
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe160.628225.1164.47928.6469,563
Costa RicaCRICentral America156.166224.0167.84930.2978,083
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia151.115228.5977.47433.891,174,313
NorwayNORNorthern Europe149.199178.2829.08316.31132,340
IcelandISLNorthern Europe138.024138.300.2750.2017,805
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia136.047198.7962.74431.561,208,915
GermanyDEUWestern Europe113.467208.0394.56045.461,365,919
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe105.344194.1588.80745.74242,501
FranceFRAWestern Europe100.692184.3883.68945.391,963,191
IsraelISRWestern Asia98.876137.3038.42527.9941,330

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,387.997
  2. Kuwait493.777
  3. Djibouti361.580
  4. Hong Kong337.147
  5. Taiwan253.698

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-130.165
  2. Eswatini-67.656
  3. Solomon Islands-65.293
  4. Kiribati-42.237
  5. Nauru-32.992

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,439.36

    LowestNiger6.53

    Middle country: 65.45

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia272.594

    LowestIceland0.275

    Middle country: 29.612

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati679.64

    LowestIceland0.20

    Middle country: 50.03

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina23,325,314

    LowestNigeria-78,840

    Middle country: 28,947

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 181values changed, of 181 in both
  • 81 · 100rose · 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 1999.

  • 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) (1999). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1999

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999?

Singapore, at 2,387.997, of the 181 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999 cover?

181.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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