Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons. This is because nitrogen is in Group 15 (or 5A) of the periodic table, and elements in this group have five electrons in their outermost shell. Specifically, nitrogen's electron configuration is 1s22s22p31s^22s^22p^31s22s22p3, where the electrons in the 2s and 2p orbitals (the second energy level) constitute the valence electrons, totaling five
