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Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966

1966, as FAO’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966 covers 157 countries on 5 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 707.03; Barbados is lowest, at -86.08. The middle country reads 8.06. Against 1965, 157 values changed (102 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cropland Nitrogen Balance · Data for 1966

HighestDjibouti

707.03

LowestBarbados

-86.08

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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa707.03715.6628.631.2062707
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia397.29442.77145.4810.27185,165
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia356.48386.29829.817.7179356
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe193.82248.08254.2621.8708224,565
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia193.55308.590115.0437.2795174,000
QatarQATWestern Asia189.59283.37793.7933.0961190
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe181.60230.29048.6921.143770,188
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia162.72231.39568.6829.68022,115
IcelandISLNorthern Europe126.27126.3710.100.078115,153
NorwayNORNorthern Europe125.39141.25815.8711.2359106,202
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe118.69163.27644.5927.3101320,569
GermanyDEUWestern Europe118.26164.85746.5928.26321,494,728
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe111.50153.52942.0327.3739828,682
AustriaAUTWestern Europe86.05128.17042.1232.8615145,083
DominicaDMACaribbean84.17109.63325.4723.22991,431
JapanJPNEastern Asia80.66146.68366.0245.0105483,639
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia78.8485.2086.377.478469,770
South KoreaKOREastern Asia77.53145.48267.9546.7070177,780
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe72.2596.37224.1225.02531,012
BulgariaBGREastern Europe70.68107.36936.6934.1748322,565
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa68.45187.840119.3963.5593342
SwedenSWENorthern Europe67.9893.95425.9727.6459211,620
FranceFRAWestern Europe63.1395.24332.1133.71871,276,069
BahamasBHSCaribbean62.8681.40918.5522.7892566
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia57.2275.05517.8423.767237,763

02In 1966

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti707.03
  2. Singapore397.29
  3. Kuwait356.48
  4. Netherlands193.82
  5. Taiwan193.55

Lowest

  1. Barbados-86.08
  2. Mauritius-75.30
  3. Saint Kitts and Nevis-58.87
  4. Maldives-52.71
  5. Tonga-51.27

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 8.06. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Nitrogen inputs (kg per hectare)

    HighestDjibouti715.662

    LowestKiribati4.355

    Middle country: 31.629

  • Nitrogen removed in harvests (kg per hectare)

    HighestBarbados349.28

    LowestIceland0.10

    Middle country: 21.75

  • Nitrogen use efficiency (%)

    HighestMaldives725.7849

    LowestIceland0.0781

    Middle country: 63.2416

  • Nitrogen balance, whole country (tonnes)

    HighestUnited States4,634,576

    LowestAustralia-191,550

    Middle country: 7,893

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 157values changed, of 157 in both
  • 102 · 55rose · 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 1966.

  • 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) (1966). Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cropland-nitrogen-balance/1966

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07Questions

Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest cropland nitrogen balance in Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966?

Djibouti, at 707.03, of the 157 countries in the file.

What year does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966 cover?

157.

Where can I download Cropland Nitrogen Balance, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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