Statizoid

Colombia vs Libya: Nitrogen use efficiency

Colombia
25.9%
in 2014
Libya
27.1%
in 2014
Colombia rank
149th
Libya rank
146th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Colombia
  • Libya
102030405060196119872014

How they compare

Libya currently reports 27.1% against 25.9% in Colombia, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 149th and Libya ranks 146th 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.