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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964

1964, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 696.517; Antigua and Barbuda is lowest, at -95.822. The middle country reads 7.800. Against 1963, 157 values changed (86 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1964

HighestDjibouti

696.517

LowestAntigua and Barbuda

-95.822

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, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa696.517702.9406.4230.914697
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia360.140382.30422.1655.798360
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia317.197348.07930.8828.8724,124
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia212.303253.60441.30116.2862,760
QatarQATWestern Asia211.400282.70771.30725.223211
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia204.651307.969103.31833.548182,753
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe154.233220.35366.12030.007178,694
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe148.435200.68152.24626.03458,899
NorwayNORNorthern Europe120.627138.07817.45112.638102,654
IcelandISLNorthern Europe120.215120.4250.2100.17414,426
GermanyDEUWestern Europe101.301151.28449.98333.0391,282,572
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe96.585143.72047.13532.796264,643
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe94.420135.14140.72030.132705,130
DominicaDMACaribbean93.937116.07922.14219.0751,503
AustriaAUTWestern Europe76.801115.66238.86133.599132,405
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia72.95882.1389.18011.17662,014
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe71.721101.63329.91229.4311,076
JapanJPNEastern Asia66.059132.88166.82350.288398,333
BahamasBHSCaribbean57.30870.87313.56519.140516
South KoreaKOREastern Asia56.562121.58065.01853.477122,796
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia56.09760.3274.2307.012449
SwedenSWENorthern Europe55.00187.38232.38137.057179,248
FranceFRAWestern Europe54.64386.62731.98436.9221,138,107
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia51.88669.45917.57325.30033,726
BulgariaBGREastern Europe50.97879.23928.26235.666233,172

02In 1964

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti696.517
  2. Kuwait360.140
  3. Singapore317.197
  4. Hong Kong212.303
  5. Qatar211.400

Lowest

  1. Antigua and Barbuda-95.822
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-65.852
  3. Tonga-48.485
  4. Solomon Islands-47.413
  5. Mauritius-46.324

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 7.800. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti702.940

    LowestSaudi Arabia3.769

    Middle country: 29.473

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados331.563

    LowestIceland0.210

    Middle country: 20.288

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands679.099

    LowestIceland0.174

    Middle country: 66.746

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States3,708,099

    LowestArgentina-193,173

    Middle country: 5,301

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 86 · 71rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Barbados-87.052 → -10.789+76.264
  • Mauritius-88.520 → -46.324+42.196
  • Kuwait336.506 → 360.140+23.634
  • Fiji-51.940 → -35.286+16.654
  • Egypt28.925 → 41.913+12.988

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 1964.

  • 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) (1964). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1964

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964?

Djibouti, at 696.517, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964 describe?

1964.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1964?

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, 1964 the newest?

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

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