Statizoid

Brazil vs South Africa: Nitrogen use efficiency

Brazil
57.5%
in 2014
South Africa
59.4%
in 2014
Brazil rank
80th
South Africa rank
77th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Brazil
  • South Africa
20406080196119872014

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 59.4% against 57.5% in Brazil, a difference of 1.8%.

The two have swapped places 24 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.

Brazil ranks 80th and South Africa ranks 77th 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.