Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2020

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2020: 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	1,356.685	1,569.751	213.066	13.573	895
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	619.328	678.528	59.200	8.725	1,858
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	557.706	662.726	105.020	15.847	7,808
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	442.832	456.047	13.215	2.898	4,428
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	382.078	418.094	36.016	8.614	5,597
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	278.530	368.664	90.134	24.449	247,471
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	277.101	293.978	16.877	5.741	13,024
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	262.754	332.032	69.278	20.865	431,862
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	249.206	483.500	234.294	48.458	947
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	246.604	337.588	90.984	26.951	109,739
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	223.724	370.421	146.697	39.603	888,407
QatarQATWestern Asia	209.373	222.664	13.291	5.969	5,025
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	194.832	213.476	18.644	8.734	1,775
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	194.660	270.383	75.723	28.006	153,801
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	193.607	254.474	60.868	23.919	1,549
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	193.512	268.993	75.482	28.061	302,846
Costa RicaCRICentral America	187.972	260.429	72.458	27.822	102,322
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	179.244	253.246	74.002	29.221	186,780
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	170.426	179.929	9.503	5.281	192,155
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	168.389	254.576	86.186	33.855	747,346
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	162.671	294.471	131.800	44.758	20,784,140
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	160.104	194.488	34.384	17.679	129,310
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	158.887	262.780	103.892	39.536	1,402,973
SurinameSURSouth America	152.530	213.744	61.214	28.639	9,914
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	145.813	172.586	26.772	15.513	13,094

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 42.230. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

  HighestSingapore1,569.751

  LowestVanuatu9.111

  Middle country: 87.567

• Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

  HighestMicronesia751.302

  LowestIceland1.358

  Middle country: 39.343

• Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

  HighestKiribati679.739

  LowestIceland1.232

  Middle country: 49.715

• Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

  HighestChina20,784,140

  LowestKazakhstan-125,200

  Middle country: 47,570

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  Environment_Cropland_nutrient_budget_E_All_Data_(Normalized).zip

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