Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2014

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2014: 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	1,267.208	1,478.741	211.533	14.305	836
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	881.820	906.535	24.715	2.726	3,906
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	456.559	499.557	42.998	8.607	1,872
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	438.613	475.904	37.291	7.836	6,027
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	402.155	414.081	11.926	2.880	4,022
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	356.283	482.646	126.363	26.181	5,736
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	309.935	326.321	16.386	5.022	14,567
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	291.775	404.770	112.995	27.916	244,887
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	242.457	287.108	44.651	15.552	414,730
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	210.932	283.710	72.778	25.652	168,661
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	206.870	322.861	115.992	35.926	27,228,801
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	191.431	298.298	106.867	35.826	536
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	180.173	294.092	113.918	38.736	83,993
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	174.883	333.263	158.381	47.524	649,722
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	172.498	251.759	79.261	31.483	186,522
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	166.100	188.138	22.038	11.714	13,703
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	164.772	246.042	81.270	33.031	278,629
Costa RicaCRICentral America	158.596	239.442	80.847	33.765	87,386
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	158.496	230.824	72.328	31.335	1,585
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	155.337	253.902	98.565	38.820	1,320,206
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	154.607	187.204	32.597	17.413	125,406
ColombiaCOLSouth America	148.216	233.539	85.323	36.535	527,057
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	143.909	216.746	72.837	33.605	61,158
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	140.948	214.826	73.878	34.390	1,442
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	131.360	224.304	92.944	41.437	580,085

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.459. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestSingapore1,478.741

  LowestEquatorial Guinea8.519

  Middle country: 80.641

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMicronesia585.328

  LowestIceland0.313

  Middle country: 42.784

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestKiribati695.037

  LowestIceland0.271

  Middle country: 56.339

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina27,228,801

  LowestGhana-33,573

  Middle country: 40,331

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