Belgium vs Chile: Nitrogen use efficiency

Belgium

36.0%

in 2014

Chile

36.1%

in 2014

Belgium rank

128th

Chile rank

127th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

Belgium
Chile

How they compare

Chile currently reports 36.1% against 36.0% in Belgium, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chile ahead.

Belgium ranks 128th and Chile ranks 127th of 204 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium
Nitrogen use efficiency in Chile
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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.