Statizoid

Iraq vs Niger: Nitrogen use efficiency

Iraq
81.4%
in 2014
Niger
83.7%
in 2014
Iraq rank
42nd
Niger rank
40th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Iraq
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 83.7% against 81.4% in Iraq, a difference of 2.3%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 42nd and Niger ranks 40th 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.