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Botswana vs British Virgin Islands: Nitrogen use efficiency

Botswana
4.5%
in 2014
British Virgin Islands
1.8%
in 2014
Botswana rank
197th
British Virgin Islands rank
200th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Islands
0510152025196119872014

How they compare

Botswana currently reports 4.5% against 1.8% in British Virgin Islands, a difference of 2.6%.

That makes Botswana's figure about 2.4 times British Virgin Islands's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 197th and British Virgin Islands ranks 200th 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.