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Guyana vs North Korea: Nitrogen use efficiency

Guyana
39.6%
in 2014
North Korea
41.8%
in 2014
Guyana rank
118th
North Korea rank
115th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Guyana
  • North Korea
20304050196119872014

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 41.8% against 39.6% in Guyana, a difference of 2.3%.

That makes North Korea's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North Korea ahead.

Guyana ranks 118th and North Korea ranks 115th 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.