Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2016

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2016: 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	1,313.0321	1,521.764	208.7321	13.717	866.6
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	627.4867	717.184	89.6967	12.507	8,784.8
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	530.2814	574.173	43.8911	7.644	2,121.1
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	432.2206	472.433	40.2127	8.512	6,224.0
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	413.4296	425.985	12.5549	2.947	4,134.3
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	312.2521	328.268	16.0155	4.879	14,675.8
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	300.0514	381.437	81.3852	21.337	261,764.8
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	218.7554	374.541	155.7857	41.594	816,781.5
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	216.2789	272.047	55.7676	20.499	399,220.6
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	212.7124	280.821	68.1088	24.254	168,893.6
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	210.5825	317.353	106.7706	33.644	97,289.1
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	201.9648	257.439	55.4738	21.548	1,615.7
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	199.8598	321.632	121.7720	37.861	26,005,551.5
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	195.2045	264.952	69.7478	26.325	208,088.0
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	192.0142	300.368	108.3541	36.074	537.6
Costa RicaCRICentral America	176.2674	261.050	84.7824	32.478	94,105.3
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	169.9223	248.050	78.1276	31.497	279,352.3
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	165.7920	221.084	55.2916	25.009	70,253.3
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	165.3386	188.825	23.4868	12.438	13,855.4
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	155.1204	189.999	34.8782	18.357	125,361.8
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	151.8705	188.406	36.5353	19.392	76,603.5
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	147.7816	237.544	89.7621	37.788	653,386.8
BahamasBHSCaribbean	146.8601	199.149	52.2888	26.256	1,615.5
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	145.4757	242.565	97.0897	40.026	1,250,248.9
QatarQATWestern Asia	139.5954	150.476	10.8806	7.231	2,931.5

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.9296. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestSingapore1,521.764

  LowestEquatorial Guinea8.566

  Middle country: 81.805

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMicronesia585.1714

  LowestIceland1.4301

  Middle country: 38.9369

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestKiribati963.910

  LowestIceland1.335

  Middle country: 50.813

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina26,005,551.5

  LowestKazakhstan-89,602.6

  Middle country: 46,851.3

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