Belarus vs North Korea: Nitrogen use efficiency

Belarus
43.4%
in 2014
North Korea
41.8%
in 2014
Belarus rank
113th
North Korea rank
115th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Belarus
  • North Korea
2030405060196119872014

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 43.4% against 41.8% in North Korea, a difference of 1.5%.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 113th and North Korea ranks 115th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrogen use efficiency
Unit
%
Source
Lassaletta et al. (2014) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
205 places, 10,031 data points, 1961–2014
Last refreshed

Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) is the ratio between nitrogen inputs and output. A NUE of 40% means that only 40% of nitrogen inputs are converted into nitrogen in the form of crops.