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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004

2004, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004 covers 183 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 931.4357; Micronesia is lowest, at -120.7927. The middle country reads 29.0730. Against 2003, 183 values changed (95 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2004

HighestSingapore

931.4357

LowestMicronesia

-120.7927

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, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 183 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia931.43571,053.4541122.01811.583745
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia352.6189380.703528.0857.3772,116
BahrainBHRWestern Asia347.9625365.146717.1844.7061,907
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia333.8546346.014012.1593.5143,005
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa319.6689461.7445142.07630.769543
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa274.8828427.8816152.99935.757956,042
BelgiumBELWestern Europe266.6595370.8799104.22128.101229,674
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia261.9210333.230971.31021.4003,667
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia257.2560328.625671.37021.718215,066
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean223.1853279.815356.63020.23810,713
South KoreaKOREastern Asia209.6892293.959384.27028.667384,989
BarbadosBRBCaribbean206.9500310.6199103.67033.3752,897
ChinaCHNEastern Asia191.9799285.100393.12032.66225,421,090
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe180.7982254.201273.40328.876209,473
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe180.3721251.401871.03028.2531,804
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe164.0152270.8364106.82139.44185,887
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe153.0216209.580856.55926.98731,369
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe147.6027219.294771.69232.69263,328
NorwayNORNorthern Europe144.1705179.272735.10219.580126,005
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe143.7874240.695596.90840.262843,744
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia143.5275208.772165.24531.2521,251,990
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia140.5796219.342978.76335.9091,286,809
Costa RicaCRICentral America131.0978201.732970.63535.01465,549
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe126.3495196.137469.78835.581115,863
IcelandISLNorthern Europe121.9867122.33500.3480.28515,736

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore931.4357
  2. Hong Kong352.6189
  3. Bahrain347.9625
  4. Brunei333.8546
  5. Djibouti319.6689

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-120.7927
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-94.8963
  3. Solomon Islands-63.6128
  4. Maldives-52.6478
  5. Kiribati-50.5186

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 29.0730. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,053.4541

    LowestNiger7.8832

    Middle country: 65.5732

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia257.872

    LowestIceland0.348

    Middle country: 35.102

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati635.278

    LowestIceland0.285

    Middle country: 54.202

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina25,421,090

    LowestNigeria-125,847

    Middle country: 31,987

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 183 in both
  • 95 · 88rose · 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 2004.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 183 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) (2004). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2004

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004?

Singapore, at 931.4357, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004 cover?

183.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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