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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005

2005, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005 covers 183 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 936.727; Micronesia is lowest, at -97.618. The middle country reads 26.007. Against 2004, 183 values changed (96 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2005

HighestSingapore

936.727

LowestMicronesia

-97.618

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia936.7271,073.02136.3012.70712
BahrainBHRWestern Asia357.474372.8015.324.111,920
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia355.884383.9328.047.302,135
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia325.308336.9811.673.462,928
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa324.284466.15141.8630.43551
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia285.363365.1679.7921.853,995
BelgiumBELWestern Europe267.286365.0597.7626.78230,935
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia252.215314.9462.7219.92210,095
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa249.278405.59156.3138.54878,208
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean235.145283.5548.4017.0711,052
South KoreaKOREastern Asia218.176300.4682.2927.39397,953
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe210.627287.8977.2626.841,959
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe194.323283.9189.5931.5595,547
ChinaCHNEastern Asia194.191288.2094.0032.6225,829,203
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe185.802256.0670.2627.44212,335
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe158.479227.0568.5730.2067,952
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe152.780209.3756.5927.0331,167
NorwayNORNorthern Europe148.852180.5431.6817.55129,055
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia141.310214.5073.1934.121,230,952
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe139.177235.6196.4340.93803,883
Costa RicaCRICentral America134.198205.9271.7234.8365,757
IcelandISLNorthern Europe122.048122.430.380.3115,744
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia120.581135.3214.7410.8930,989
ColombiaCOLSouth America117.083199.3582.2741.27423,020
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe115.817184.3568.5337.18109,562

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore936.727
  2. Bahrain357.474
  3. Hong Kong355.884
  4. Brunei325.308
  5. Djibouti324.284

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-97.618
  2. Solomon Islands-62.652
  3. Eswatini-60.929
  4. Kiribati-50.507
  5. Nauru-42.528

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.007. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,073.02

    LowestNiger7.80

    Middle country: 66.92

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia239.48

    LowestIceland0.38

    Middle country: 33.97

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati632.93

    LowestIceland0.31

    Middle country: 51.61

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina25,829,203

    LowestNigeria-87,935

    Middle country: 33,507

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 183values changed, of 183 in both
  • 96 · 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 2005.

  • 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) (2005). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2005

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005?

Singapore, at 936.727, of the 183 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005 cover?

183.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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