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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018

2018, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018 covers 187 countries on 5 measures. Singapore is highest, at 1,391.47; Micronesia is lowest, at -551.10. The middle country reads 37.82. Against 2017, 187 values changed (94 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 2018

HighestSingapore

1,391.47

LowestMicronesia

-551.10

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1,391.471,613.178221.70413.743918
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia524.80569.14644.3427.7912,099
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia510.20614.613104.41316.9887,143
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia421.00432.91611.9182.7534,210
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe390.01428.56238.5518.9955,694
BelgiumBELWestern Europe289.70376.80087.10123.116253,197
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean268.87286.35017.4796.10412,637
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa256.39472.101215.71045.692718
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe252.34334.70382.36524.608114,057
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa239.14374.966135.82536.223923,801
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia236.22291.37655.15918.930402,212
BahamasBHSCaribbean214.34267.11652.77819.7592,358
Costa RicaCRICentral America207.87288.09280.22027.845110,829
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia190.54269.67079.12929.343150,661
ChinaCHNEastern Asia181.62308.351126.72941.09923,359,047
South KoreaKOREastern Asia180.25259.70679.45230.593287,684
BarbadosBRBCaribbean179.54266.01686.47232.5061,436
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe174.74243.06868.33128.112185,047
NorwayNORNorthern Europe173.05193.01119.96610.344139,524
QatarQATWestern Asia168.58180.33211.7576.5194,046
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia161.85232.36270.50830.344715,042
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia158.98263.294104.31839.6201,367,562
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe146.17211.06064.89330.74661,881
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia139.67147.8968.2305.565186,091
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia135.03158.59023.56514.85911,038

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Singapore1,391.47
  2. Hong Kong524.80
  3. Kuwait510.20
  4. Brunei421.00
  5. Montenegro390.01

Lowest

  1. Micronesia-551.10
  2. Kiribati-84.67
  3. Eswatini-56.13
  4. Mauritius-46.75
  5. Nauru-42.19

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.82. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestSingapore1,613.178

    LowestEquatorial Guinea9.113

    Middle country: 83.313

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestMicronesia751.330

    LowestIceland0.813

    Middle country: 37.995

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestKiribati830.773

    LowestIceland0.714

    Middle country: 48.943

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestChina23,359,047

    LowestKazakhstan-84,040

    Middle country: 47,210

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 94 · 93rose · 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 2018.

  • 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) (2018). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/2018

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018?

Singapore, at 1,391.47, of the 187 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018 cover?

187.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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