Canada vs South Africa: Nitrogen use efficiency

Canada
59.5%
in 2014
South Africa
59.4%
in 2014
Canada rank
75th
South Africa rank
77th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Canada
  • South Africa
50100150200196119872014

How they compare

Canada currently reports 59.5% against 59.4% in South Africa, a difference of 0.2%.

Across all 54 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 75th 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.