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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021

2021, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,262.76; Micronesia is lowest, at -550.98. The middle country reads 39.85. Against 2020, 187 values changed (74 up, 113 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2021

HighestSingapore

1,262.76

LowestMicronesia

-550.98

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,262.761,481.39218.62814.758833
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia611.75706.2594.50613.3818,564
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia601.30660.6559.3478.9831,804
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia484.73498.0613.3242.6754,847
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe356.82393.4236.5999.3035,138
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean273.05289.8916.8355.80712,833
BelgiumBELWestern Europe271.60359.1387.52724.372241,560
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia235.23304.2469.00922.683383,754
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe233.66348.16114.50532.888102,109
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa217.92407.96190.04246.583828
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa212.72365.82153.10341.852857,471
South KoreaKOREastern Asia191.83273.8582.01229.948296,767
BarbadosBRBCaribbean184.96245.6960.72924.7181,480
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia183.45273.4890.03332.921814,055
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia181.14251.2570.11227.906142,554
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia176.07283.74107.66137.9441,552,625
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia168.80182.3813.5827.447190,095
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe167.70241.0073.29930.415174,407
Costa RicaCRICentral America166.07240.4974.42030.94590,401
QatarQATWestern Asia164.83183.4618.63410.1573,956
NorwayNORNorthern Europe160.92192.0831.16616.225129,859
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe159.89216.3756.47926.10467,263
ChinaCHNEastern Asia157.19289.90132.71245.77820,054,535
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe155.33174.4919.15110.9761,359
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia137.23163.3326.09715.97812,565

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,262.76
  2. Kuwait611.75
  3. Hong Kong601.30
  4. Brunei484.73
  5. Montenegro356.82

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-550.98
  2. Kiribati-68.73
  3. Nauru-41.88
  4. Eswatini-41.45
  5. Vanuatu-33.02

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 39.85. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,481.39

    LowestVanuatu8.87

    Middle country: 83.13

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia751.265

    LowestIceland1.365

    Middle country: 40.606

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati680.698

    LowestIceland1.176

    Middle country: 52.117

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina20,054,535

    LowestGhana-71,196

    Middle country: 42,306

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 74 · 113rose · 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 2021.

  • 186 distinct values among 187

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 19.19. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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) (2021). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2021

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021?

Singapore, at 1,262.76, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021 cover?

187.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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