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Belgium vs Nicaragua: Nitrogen use efficiency

Belgium
36.0%
in 2014
Nicaragua
34.1%
in 2014
Belgium rank
128th
Nicaragua rank
130th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Belgium
  • Nicaragua
20406080100120196119872014

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 36.0% against 34.1% in Nicaragua, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Belgium ranks 128th and Nicaragua ranks 130th 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.