Statizoid

Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Nitrogen use efficiency

Costa Rica
24.3%
in 2014
Jamaica
25.5%
in 2014
Costa Rica rank
152nd
Jamaica rank
150th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Jamaica
101520253035196119872014

How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 25.5% against 24.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.2%.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 152nd and Jamaica ranks 150th 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.