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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965

1965, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 698.19; Mauritius is lowest, at -114.74. The middle country reads 8.60. Against 1964, 157 values changed (106 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1965

HighestDjibouti

698.19

LowestMauritius

-114.74

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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa698.19706.2988.10901.148698.2
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia386.02421.26535.25028.3685,018.2
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia382.91409.29526.38456.446382.9
QatarQATWestern Asia200.21282.75782.546729.194200.2
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia192.37308.756116.384037.695172,364.9
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia180.36231.02250.664321.9312,344.6
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe175.47230.12254.647823.747203,304.8
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe172.83217.30144.466620.46367,889.5
IcelandISLNorthern Europe121.81122.1120.30340.24914,617.0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe121.29139.51418.226113.064102,973.7
GermanyDEUWestern Europe115.57161.16645.593928.2901,461,405.6
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe108.91155.19846.285729.824294,935.1
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe100.56143.75943.196830.048748,984.0
AustriaAUTWestern Europe93.68125.42931.750725.314161,875.8
DominicaDMACaribbean90.62116.06625.450121.9271,449.9
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa76.40184.786108.389158.657382.0
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia75.5083.3947.89089.46265,461.0
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe73.32104.22630.907429.6541,026.5
JapanJPNEastern Asia71.64138.95967.320048.446430,119.3
South KoreaKOREastern Asia67.75131.50163.748148.477152,851.4
BulgariaBGREastern Europe64.4293.53429.116031.129293,941.1
BahamasBHSCaribbean61.0374.99513.965218.621549.3
SwedenSWENorthern Europe59.9392.47932.549335.196189,678.7
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia54.2471.98017.737424.64235,257.7
FranceFRAWestern Europe53.4188.65335.242939.7541,097,141.1

02In 1965

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti698.19
  2. Singapore386.02
  3. Kuwait382.91
  4. Qatar200.21
  5. Taiwan192.37

Lowest

  1. Mauritius-114.74
  2. Barbados-108.40
  3. Saint Kitts and Nevis-58.10
  4. Solomon Islands-46.12
  5. Tonga-44.38

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.60. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti706.298

    LowestSaudi Arabia4.089

    Middle country: 31.467

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados387.4030

    LowestIceland0.3034

    Middle country: 20.0810

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestSolomon Islands643.473

    LowestIceland0.249

    Middle country: 64.747

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States3,913,855.0

    LowestTürkiye-119,093.7

    Middle country: 6,521.7

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 106 · 51rose · 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 1965.

  • 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) (1965). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1965

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965?

Djibouti, at 698.19, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965 describe?

1965.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1965?

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, 1965 the newest?

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

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