Statizoid

North Korea vs Lesotho: Nitrogen use efficiency

North Korea
41.8%
in 2014
Lesotho
43.5%
in 2014
North Korea rank
115th
Lesotho rank
112th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • North Korea
  • Lesotho
20406080100196119872014

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 43.5% against 41.8% in North Korea, a difference of 1.6%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

North Korea ranks 115th and Lesotho ranks 112th 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.