Statizoid

France vs United States: Nitrogen use efficiency

France
73.9%
in 2014
United States
71.6%
in 2014
France rank
47th
United States rank
50th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • France
  • United States
020406080196119872014

How they compare

France currently reports 73.9% against 71.6% in United States, a difference of 2.3%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

France ranks 47th and United States ranks 50th 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.