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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963

1963, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 692.789; Antigua and Barbuda is lowest, at -96.573. The middle country reads 7.960. Against 1962, 157 values changed (96 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1963

HighestDjibouti

692.789

LowestAntigua and Barbuda

-96.573

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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa692.789698.6355.8460.837692.79
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia367.259398.51331.2547.8434,774.36
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia336.506355.21518.7095.267336.51
QatarQATWestern Asia222.022282.08860.06721.294222.02
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia217.663265.44947.78518.0023,047.29
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia216.250308.73192.48129.955192,462.60
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe160.636219.39058.75426.781186,112.83
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe155.647200.84245.19522.50362,383.15
IcelandISLNorthern Europe118.468118.6870.2200.18514,216.15
NorwayNORNorthern Europe118.175136.28018.10513.285100,803.43
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe97.386134.21436.82827.440720,559.82
GermanyDEUWestern Europe95.379143.84448.46633.6931,207,778.67
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe94.470135.99441.52430.534260,359.48
DominicaDMACaribbean93.174116.09922.92619.7471,490.78
South KoreaKOREastern Asia82.817138.97756.16040.409172,259.75
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa80.282184.466104.18356.478401.41
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia79.95689.2689.31310.43258,287.57
AustriaAUTWestern Europe77.326114.50837.18232.471133,077.93
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe69.10796.79827.69128.6071,105.72
JapanJPNEastern Asia67.859136.37068.51250.239408,508.67
SwedenSWENorthern Europe56.43781.88025.44331.074186,072.90
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia56.25760.2143.9576.571450.06
BahamasBHSCaribbean56.20769.41113.20419.023505.86
FranceFRAWestern Europe52.23382.27630.04336.5151,109,489.73
GambiaGMBWestern Africa49.73992.53642.79746.2496,267.13

02In 1963

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti692.789
  2. Singapore367.259
  3. Kuwait336.506
  4. Qatar222.022
  5. Hong Kong217.663

Lowest

  1. Antigua and Barbuda-96.573
  2. Mauritius-88.520
  3. Barbados-87.052
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis-60.037
  5. Tonga-54.002

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.960. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti698.635

    LowestSaudi Arabia3.370

    Middle country: 29.887

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados377.353

    LowestIceland0.220

    Middle country: 18.908

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands678.437

    LowestIceland0.185

    Middle country: 66.147

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States3,233,443.61

    LowestCanada-194,245.33

    Middle country: 6,660.24

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 96 · 61rose · 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 1963.

  • 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) (1963). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1963

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963?

Djibouti, at 692.789, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1963?

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, 1963 the newest?

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

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