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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019

2019, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,317.375; Micronesia is lowest, at -551.606. The middle country reads 38.685. Against 2018, 187 values changed (73 up, 114 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2019

HighestSingapore

1,317.375

LowestMicronesia

-551.606

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,317.3751,542.052224.67714.570869
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia510.691555.29644.6058.0332,043
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia476.002602.387126.38520.9816,664
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia394.918406.65911.7422.8873,949
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe387.466422.17534.7098.2215,812
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa308.253595.371287.11848.225863
BelgiumBELWestern Europe275.466373.41397.94626.230242,674
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean270.809288.04517.2375.98412,728
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia226.966293.01866.05222.542366,572
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe216.509322.973106.46432.96496,130
Costa RicaCRICentral America204.874272.39167.51724.787110,376
BarbadosBRBCaribbean203.304261.03357.72922.1161,626
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa200.788347.164146.37642.163787,492
QatarQATWestern Asia186.181198.24412.0636.0854,468
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia186.134260.10173.96728.438147,083
South KoreaKOREastern Asia183.691262.92279.23130.135290,415
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe171.579248.86177.28231.054179,952
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia169.938250.53880.60032.171754,066
ChinaCHNEastern Asia165.836297.806131.97044.31421,204,124
NorwayNORNorthern Europe160.694195.08834.39417.630129,382
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia160.631170.4229.7915.745179,457
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia155.313257.702102.38939.7321,366,289
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe138.059203.27065.21132.08158,511
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe127.911145.66517.75412.1881,328
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia125.004150.66525.66117.03211,300

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,317.375
  2. Hong Kong510.691
  3. Kuwait476.002
  4. Brunei394.918
  5. Montenegro387.466

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-551.606
  2. Kiribati-68.853
  3. Eswatini-53.678
  4. Nauru-42.209
  5. Vanuatu-32.503

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.685. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,542.052

    LowestEquatorial Guinea9.345

    Middle country: 82.534

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia751.221

    LowestIceland1.464

    Middle country: 39.422

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati688.098

    LowestIceland1.408

    Middle country: 53.759

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina21,204,124

    LowestKazakhstan-91,301

    Middle country: 43,302

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 73 · 114rose · 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 2019.

  • 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) (2019). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2019

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019?

Singapore, at 1,317.375, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019 cover?

187.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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