Statizoid

Luxembourg vs Portugal: Nitrogen use efficiency

Luxembourg
18.3%
in 2014
Portugal
19.2%
in 2014
Luxembourg rank
165th
Portugal rank
164th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Portugal
1020304050196119872014

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 19.2% against 18.3% in Luxembourg, a difference of 0.9%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Luxembourg ahead.

Luxembourg ranks 165th and Portugal ranks 164th of 204 regions.

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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.