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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989

1989, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 2,175.732; Mauritius is lowest, at -54.980. The middle country reads 26.286. Against 1988, 157 values changed (86 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1989

HighestSingapore

2,175.732

LowestMauritius

-54.980

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, 1989, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 157 countries · select a heading to sort

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2,175.7322,225.3949.6582.2314,351
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia632.350717.9385.58211.9213,162
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia473.736557.4783.73415.0203,316
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa467.365595.42128.05521.507467
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe266.855337.7670.90220.992309,178
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia257.783319.2861.49819.261631,208
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe230.778332.70101.91830.63496,327
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia223.127325.01101.87931.347199,699
South KoreaKOREastern Asia216.191303.8787.67728.854459,839
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa214.738338.86124.11736.628552,092
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe196.215278.6182.39729.5741,328,377
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe193.075274.9381.85229.77283,427
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia189.853224.3234.47215.3677,404
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe169.470206.9037.42918.0902,203
GermanyDEUWestern Europe161.521236.3074.77731.6452,001,407
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe153.298239.5886.28636.015391,677
NorwayNORNorthern Europe153.262182.2929.03115.926135,177
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe142.748179.6436.89320.537100,923
QatarQATWestern Asia140.390155.0514.6579.4531,404
ChinaCHNEastern Asia139.545206.2066.65732.32618,098,986
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean131.671174.8243.15224.6832,502
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean128.175208.5880.40438.5491,146
BulgariaBGREastern Europe126.323176.5450.21328.443523,736
IcelandISLNorthern Europe123.876124.060.1880.15216,723
Costa RicaCRICentral America120.396168.9048.50628.71861,402

02In 1989

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore2,175.732
  2. Kuwait632.350
  3. Hong Kong473.736
  4. Djibouti467.365
  5. Netherlands266.855

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-54.980
  2. Solomon Islands-52.516
  3. Maldives-38.027
  4. Samoa-33.660
  5. Eswatini-28.606

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.286. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore2,225.39

    LowestNiger5.82

    Middle country: 59.66

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMauritius195.066

    LowestIceland0.188

    Middle country: 28.985

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati568.416

    LowestIceland0.152

    Middle country: 47.246

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina18,098,986

    LowestCôte d’Ivoire-24,521

    Middle country: 27,761

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 86 · 71rose · 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 1989.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 157 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) (1989). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1989

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989?

Singapore, at 2,175.732, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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