Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2012

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2012: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Country	Cropland nitrogen balance (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)	Nitrogen use efficiency (%)	Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	1,164.28	1,345.229	180.9505	13.451	850
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	734.89	758.933	24.0432	3.168	3,410
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	497.03	530.754	33.7210	6.353	6,829
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	454.17	498.758	44.5919	8.941	1,862
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	410.44	421.929	11.4922	2.724	4,104
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	338.72	449.152	110.4331	24.587	5,419
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	302.89	408.040	105.1543	25.771	249,881
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	298.42	314.130	15.7131	5.002	14,026
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	273.95	293.433	19.4825	6.640	21,012
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	225.24	297.134	71.8972	24.197	180,865
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	207.57	320.242	112.6722	35.184	27,633,241
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	193.45	286.559	93.1102	32.493	93,554
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	186.88	301.998	115.1188	38.119	523
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	181.53	259.485	77.9553	30.042	190,025
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	175.01	249.472	74.4583	29.846	302,774
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	165.81	323.445	157.6318	48.735	612,846
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	159.82	258.663	98.8483	38.215	1,758
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	154.62	182.594	27.9787	15.323	126,213
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	154.53	191.260	36.7248	19.202	283,647
ColombiaCOLSouth America	149.27	229.607	80.3321	34.987	515,446
Costa RicaCRICentral America	144.32	222.387	78.0712	35.106	78,941
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	138.57	231.489	92.9160	40.138	1,180,640
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	136.38	207.536	71.1610	34.289	1,405
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	130.40	196.627	66.2259	33.681	55,728
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	126.45	126.808	0.3588	0.283	15,326

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.63. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestSingapore1,345.229

  LowestEquatorial Guinea7.831

  Middle country: 76.296

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMicronesia446.0821

  LowestIceland0.3588

  Middle country: 37.5640

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestKiribati688.790

  LowestIceland0.283

  Middle country: 51.977

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina27,633,241

  LowestCôte d’Ivoire-32,355

  Middle country: 39,710

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