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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015

2015, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,274.517; Micronesia is lowest, at -382.683. The middle country reads 35.783. Against 2014, 187 values changed (110 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2015

HighestSingapore

1,274.517

LowestMicronesia

-382.683

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, 2015, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 187 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,274.5171,487.986213.46914.346841
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia670.203773.393103.19013.3438,981
BahrainBHRWestern Asia532.109557.29225.1834.5192,299
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia525.989567.81741.8287.3662,157
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe440.250479.46539.2168.1796,075
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia403.058415.65112.5933.0304,031
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean310.969327.43116.4625.02814,616
BelgiumBELWestern Europe295.892401.343105.45126.275252,100
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia273.651320.26046.61014.554480,467
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia207.823277.68969.86625.160165,551
ChinaCHNEastern Asia200.879322.612121.73337.73426,289,223
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia197.656221.32223.66610.69316,366
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa196.045352.376156.33044.365742,988
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe191.481265.63974.15827.917206,800
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe188.056310.152122.09739.36785,377
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa185.353293.595108.24236.868519
Costa RicaCRICentral America170.242248.73878.49631.55891,963
BarbadosBRBCaribbean168.343230.58962.24626.9941,515
South KoreaKOREastern Asia163.708242.23878.53032.419274,866
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia155.955254.90298.94738.8181,335,325
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe155.620221.11365.49229.62065,860
NorwayNORNorthern Europe153.526189.25635.73018.879124,381
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe146.529215.53169.00132.0151,499
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia132.972226.65993.68741.334588,003
ColombiaCOLSouth America129.369212.16082.79139.023474,008

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,274.517
  2. Kuwait670.203
  3. Bahrain532.109
  4. Hong Kong525.989
  5. Montenegro440.250

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-382.683
  2. Mauritius-73.249
  3. Kiribati-66.285
  4. Eswatini-62.702
  5. Nauru-41.552

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.783. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,487.986

    LowestEquatorial Guinea9.054

    Middle country: 80.252

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia576.189

    LowestIceland1.004

    Middle country: 39.055

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati690.134

    LowestIceland0.864

    Middle country: 52.537

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina26,289,223

    LowestSyria-58,586

    Middle country: 32,826

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 110 · 77rose · 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 2015.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 187 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) (2015). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2015

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015?

Singapore, at 1,274.517, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015 cover?

187.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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