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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008 covers 185 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,103.471; Micronesia is lowest, at -82.963. The middle country reads 28.206. Against 2007, 185 values changed (76 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2008

HighestSingapore

1,103.471

LowestMicronesia

-82.963

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 185 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,103.4711,252.44148.97311.895772.4
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe558.689594.9036.2126.0877,676.4
BahrainBHRWestern Asia473.165494.4021.2304.2942,394.2
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia375.257385.7110.4552.7113,377.3
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia367.859402.0634.2028.5071,839.3
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia282.248369.2687.01223.5644,233.7
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa278.208411.01132.79732.310528.6
SurinameSURSouth America273.426334.9261.49218.36014,218.1
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean257.428272.8415.4145.64912,099.1
BelgiumBELWestern Europe248.351348.3299.96728.700214,898.0
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia233.637296.8763.22821.299192,049.8
ChinaCHNEastern Asia196.612299.53102.91934.36026,501,502.7
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa195.526355.75160.22745.039692,552.0
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe183.605272.5088.89132.6211,707.5
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe179.966257.0477.07629.986198,232.5
South KoreaKOREastern Asia178.145262.6184.46432.164313,357.3
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe174.129260.1185.98033.055164,848.1
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe156.746260.45103.70139.81776,547.1
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia152.615236.5383.91335.4771,320,581.2
OmanOMNWestern Asia152.269190.5938.31920.10610,202.0
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe147.336215.4368.09431.60863,209.8
Costa RicaCRICentral America144.599222.9478.34235.14072,299.6
IcelandISLNorthern Europe144.408144.800.3890.26918,051.0
BarbadosBRBCaribbean137.832228.2290.38639.6051,929.6
NorwayNORNorthern Europe137.285172.3635.07820.351116,651.1

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,103.471
  2. Montenegro558.689
  3. Bahrain473.165
  4. Brunei375.257
  5. Hong Kong367.859

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-82.963
  2. Solomon Islands-78.951
  3. Kiribati-65.536
  4. Tonga-53.872
  5. Eswatini-51.552

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 28.206. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,252.44

    LowestEquatorial Guinea8.15

    Middle country: 66.96

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia223.338

    LowestIceland0.389

    Middle country: 35.241

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands782.215

    LowestIceland0.269

    Middle country: 53.956

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina26,501,502.7

    LowestNigeria-110,247.7

    Middle country: 37,189.7

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 76 · 109rose · 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 2008.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 185 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) (2008). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2008

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008?

Singapore, at 1,103.471, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008 cover?

185.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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