Statizoid

Kiribati vs South Africa: Nitrogen use efficiency

Kiribati
58.6%
in 2014
South Africa
59.4%
in 2014
Kiribati rank
79th
South Africa rank
77th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Kiribati
  • South Africa
255075100125196119872014

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 59.4% against 58.6% in Kiribati, a difference of 0.8%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 79th and South Africa ranks 77th 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.