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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010

2010, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010 covers 185 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,136.771; Micronesia is lowest, at -100.389. The middle country reads 34.478. Against 2009, 185 values changed (113 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2010

HighestSingapore

1,136.771

LowestMicronesia

-100.389

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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,136.7711,300.37163.59912.5810841.21
BahrainBHRWestern Asia549.966572.3522.3873.91152,667.33
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe540.191577.3137.1186.42957,422.22
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia428.641466.4037.7598.09581,928.88
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia401.354411.8610.5082.55144,013.54
BelgiumBELWestern Europe295.545398.16102.61825.7728252,897.96
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia274.617312.3537.72912.079325,347.14
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean273.777288.0214.2464.946112,867.54
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia229.527297.6268.09122.8787186,605.55
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa225.270335.01109.73632.7565518.12
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia217.995311.3893.38429.99043,487.93
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe207.461304.8597.39031.946791,457.20
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa206.002345.67139.67240.4056756,233.40
ChinaCHNEastern Asia205.621309.58103.95533.579827,683,280.39
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe186.165264.4778.30329.6076197,149.00
South KoreaKOREastern Asia172.756250.4877.72631.0305296,275.89
SurinameSURSouth America159.750221.7962.03627.97119,744.72
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe152.615227.1674.54732.81661,576.51
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe148.913212.0563.14029.775663,700.36
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia148.768237.8489.07537.45121,285,500.00
ColombiaCOLSouth America147.767226.0378.26534.6256495,461.14
NorwayNORNorthern Europe144.695175.7531.06017.6721120,111.12
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia126.473187.3860.91032.5057231,481.48
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe125.307219.2793.96242.8525753,845.80
IcelandISLNorthern Europe117.372117.770.4020.341414,436.75

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,136.771
  2. Bahrain549.966
  3. Montenegro540.191
  4. Hong Kong428.641
  5. Brunei401.354

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-100.389
  2. Kiribati-64.584
  3. Eswatini-54.704
  4. Tonga-53.404
  5. Samoa-48.451

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.478. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,300.37

    LowestEquatorial Guinea8.34

    Middle country: 70.46

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia278.640

    LowestIceland0.402

    Middle country: 34.489

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati675.1849

    LowestIceland0.3414

    Middle country: 52.0219

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina27,683,280.39

    LowestCôte d’Ivoire-27,011.01

    Middle country: 38,955.82

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 113 · 72rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Kuwait294.703 → 217.995−76.707
  • Singapore1,180.874 → 1,136.771−44.104
  • Belize8.322 → -32.745−41.067
  • Djibouti262.583 → 225.270−37.313
  • Serbia63.575 → 35.226−28.349

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 2010.

  • 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) (2010). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2010

0663 held

Other years

07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010?

Singapore, at 1,136.771, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010 cover?

185.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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