Statizoid

Guinea vs United States: Nitrogen use efficiency

Guinea
72.1%
in 2014
United States
71.6%
in 2014
Guinea rank
49th
United States rank
50th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Guinea
  • United States
0255075100125196119872014

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 72.1% against 71.6% in United States, a difference of 0.5%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 49th 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.