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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Congo: Nitrogen use efficiency

Democratic Republic of Congo
122.1%
in 2014
Congo
125.0%
in 2014
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
17th
Congo rank
16th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Congo
5075100125150196119872014

How they compare

Congo currently reports 125.0% against 122.1% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 2.9%.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 17th and Congo ranks 16th 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.