Table 2 Main data used for developing this new N fertilization dataset.

From: Global crop-specific nitrogen fertilization dataset in 1961–2020

Data name

Year

Spatial resolution

Reference

Harvested area for 175 crops

average of 1997–2003

5 min by 5 min

EARTHSTAT28

Harvested area for 175 crops

1961–2020

Country level

FAOSTAT20

Gridded cropland area

1960–2017

5 min by 5 min

HYDE3.231

Nitrogen application rate for 21 crop groups

2000

5 min by 5 min

Zhan et al.29

Nitrogen application to cropland

1961–2014

5 min by 5 min

Wang et al.24

Nitrogen application amount

2014–2020

Country level

FAOSTAT20

Crop-specific nitrogen application amount

2006, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2018

Country or region

FUBC33

Fertilizer inputs for different fertilizer types

1961, 1973–2020

Country or region

IFASTAT21

National GDP

1961–2020

Country level

Word Bank37

Population

1961–2020

Country level

FAOSTAT20

Cropland area

1961–2020

Country level

FAOSTAT20

No-tillage area of China

1980–2017

Province level

CAMI43

No-tillage area by USA

1989–2008

State level

CTIC44

No-tillage area for 75 countries

1989–2018

Country level

FAOSTAT,EUROSTAT20,27

Harvested area of irrigated crops and rainfed crops

2005,2010

5 min by 5 min

SPAM2005,SPAM201045,46

Field size

2015

1 km by 1 km

Lesiv et al.47

Income level

1987–2018

Country level

Word Bank37

Water erosion

2001,2013

5 min by 5 min

Borrelli et al.48

Potential evapotranspiration and precipitation

1961–2020

0.5° by 0.5°

CRU30