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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022

2022, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,003.123; Micronesia is lowest, at -547.364. The middle country reads 35.108. Against 2021, 187 values changed (62 up, 125 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2022

HighestSingapore

1,003.123

LowestMicronesia

-547.364

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,003.1231,191.75188.6315.828662
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia594.301690.5096.2013.9328,320
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia581.678641.1559.479.2761,745
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia480.580493.3512.772.5884,806
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe354.791390.7035.919.1904,967
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean270.750287.5616.825.84712,725
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia267.670333.2365.5619.675441,709
BelgiumBELWestern Europe232.827327.1094.2828.822206,648
QatarQATWestern Asia205.747223.7017.958.0244,938
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa198.676349.91151.2443.221806,227
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa198.610360.52161.9044.909755
BarbadosBRBCaribbean198.323262.7164.3824.5081,587
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia196.324206.4510.134.906223,809
South KoreaKOREastern Asia196.135277.3981.2629.293299,694
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe191.835311.43119.6038.40285,750
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia176.903248.0271.1128.673137,985
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia162.631256.3693.7336.561721,674
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia161.431271.16109.7340.4671,424,949
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe154.532234.4179.8834.075161,022
ChinaCHNEastern Asia152.378287.89135.5147.07019,440,353
NorwayNORNorthern Europe150.351185.3635.0118.889121,333
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe147.570166.7619.1911.5061,291
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe144.309208.3864.0730.74660,848
Costa RicaCRICentral America142.401213.9071.5033.42777,516
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia140.651165.0124.3614.76012,878

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,003.123
  2. Kuwait594.301
  3. Hong Kong581.678
  4. Brunei480.580
  5. Montenegro354.791

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-547.364
  2. Kiribati-71.683
  3. Eswatini-52.898
  4. Nauru-41.848
  5. Vanuatu-36.828

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.108. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,191.75

    LowestVanuatu9.61

    Middle country: 80.33

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia751.23

    LowestIceland1.60

    Middle country: 41.07

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati706.604

    LowestIceland1.491

    Middle country: 55.357

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina19,440,353

    LowestKazakhstan-182,165

    Middle country: 37,785

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 62 · 125rose · 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 2022.

  • 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) (2022). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2022

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022?

Singapore, at 1,003.123, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022 cover?

187.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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