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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011

2011, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011 covers 185 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,116.80; Micronesia is lowest, at -211.31. The middle country reads 32.55. Against 2010, 185 values changed (86 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2011

HighestSingapore

1,116.80

LowestMicronesia

-211.31

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,116.801,289.663172.86713.4041815
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe474.48514.15939.6797.71736,519
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia439.84478.01338.1777.98671,979
BahrainBHRWestern Asia403.64425.65722.0215.17351,913
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia355.19366.61611.4233.11583,552
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia299.64316.44816.8035.309826,519
BelgiumBELWestern Europe294.77399.386104.61626.1943249,582
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean276.87292.05215.1805.197713,013
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia244.75367.104122.35533.32974,038
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia217.22292.70075.48125.7878175,513
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa206.80364.277157.47643.2297748,619
ChinaCHNEastern Asia205.14314.322109.18534.736527,463,832
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa188.42286.57598.15234.2501528
Costa RicaCRICentral America182.40253.81871.42228.138899,771
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe177.58256.76579.18530.8395185,109
South KoreaKOREastern Asia169.01248.36079.35431.9511286,973
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe155.66270.252114.58942.400771,627
NorwayNORNorthern Europe153.91180.36826.45314.6661126,580
ColombiaCOLSouth America151.67232.58480.91434.7893517,043
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia147.59239.94592.35038.48801,258,687
SurinameSURSouth America144.60205.05160.45329.48209,110
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe143.38214.77871.40133.243961,245
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia137.64189.40651.76227.3284249,002
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe123.70198.43374.73637.66321,278
IcelandISLNorthern Europe122.63122.9240.2910.236914,986

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,116.80
  2. Montenegro474.48
  3. Hong Kong439.84
  4. Bahrain403.64
  5. Brunei355.19

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-211.31
  2. Kiribati-64.65
  3. Eswatini-55.49
  4. Tonga-52.61
  5. Samoa-44.52

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,289.663

    LowestEquatorial Guinea8.440

    Middle country: 72.470

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia401.417

    LowestIceland0.291

    Middle country: 36.805

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati679.7703

    LowestIceland0.2369

    Middle country: 53.1704

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina27,463,832

    LowestKazakhstan-234,475

    Middle country: 41,233

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 86 · 99rose · 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 2011.

  • 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) (2011). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2011

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011?

Singapore, at 1,116.80, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011 cover?

185.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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