Global Cropland Nitrogen Use and Urbanization Data for 139 Countries, 1961-2021

139 countries' data on agricultural nitrogen use and urbanization from 1961 to 2021, supporting econometric analysis. The dataset and scripts by Sitong Wang enable reproduction of dynamic two-way fixed-effects panel models and visualizations from the associated study. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Estimating transmission pathways of urbanization on nitrogen use based on dynamic panel models described.
• Analyzing conditional nonlinear effects of urbanization on agriculture using the provided interaction models.
• Reproducing econometric analyses and visualizations from the original manuscript with the included scripts.
• Conducting cross-country comparative studies on nitrogen use efficiency based on 60 years of data.

Strengths

• Covers 139 countries over a 60-year time span (1961-2021).
• Includes analytical scripts for reproducing econometric models and visualizations.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from global agricultural and urbanization statistics for econometric analysis.

Time Range

1961 to 2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-23 07:01:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global coverage across 139 countries