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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962

1962, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 685.039; Saint Kitts and Nevis is lowest, at -69.686. The middle country reads 7.407. Against 1961, 157 values changed (84 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1962

HighestDjibouti

685.039

LowestSaint Kitts and Nevis

-69.686

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa685.039690.8865.84640.846685.0
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia350.766380.46529.69907.8064,910.7
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia310.375328.22717.85245.439310.4
QatarQATWestern Asia232.874281.70048.826717.333232.9
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia214.911310.82395.912630.858190,625.9
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia191.292249.82158.529023.4282,678.1
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe158.902222.17363.270728.478184,104.1
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe149.175201.28452.109125.88861,191.4
NorwayNORNorthern Europe124.767139.16414.396510.345106,675.8
IcelandISLNorthern Europe114.558114.7990.24150.21013,746.9
GermanyDEUWestern Europe96.041143.60147.559933.1201,218,854.3
DominicaDMACaribbean95.153116.10220.949218.0441,522.4
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe92.622130.99638.374129.294680,865.7
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe90.610133.02942.418531.887252,168.6
South KoreaKOREastern Asia84.491139.80355.312239.564174,305.3
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia76.92786.4219.493610.98555,695.4
AustriaAUTWestern Europe75.836111.68735.851632.100132,409.1
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa72.360181.538109.177660.140361.8
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe61.70387.46825.764129.4561,049.0
JapanJPNEastern Asia58.753130.76672.012855.070353,691.2
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia56.43660.1083.67156.108451.5
BahamasBHSCaribbean55.55668.29712.740818.655500.0
SwedenSWENorthern Europe51.15576.10024.945732.780178,427.7
FranceFRAWestern Europe47.08678.01830.931839.6471,003,880.2
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean46.271156.705110.433770.4724,256.9

02In 1962

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti685.039
  2. Singapore350.766
  3. Kuwait310.375
  4. Qatar232.874
  5. Taiwan214.911

Lowest

  1. Saint Kitts and Nevis-69.686
  2. Antigua and Barbuda-65.258
  3. Guyana-56.098
  4. Tonga-45.236
  5. Solomon Islands-44.455

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.407. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti690.886

    LowestSaudi Arabia3.353

    Middle country: 29.772

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados323.8705

    LowestIceland0.2415

    Middle country: 18.1014

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands676.510

    LowestIceland0.210

    Middle country: 66.019

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States3,035,462.6

    LowestTürkiye-142,500.9

    Middle country: 5,626.2

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 84 · 73rose · 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 1962.

  • 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) (1962). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1962

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962?

Djibouti, at 685.039, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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