Statizoid

Mauritania vs Portugal: Nitrogen use efficiency

Mauritania
17.4%
in 2014
Portugal
19.2%
in 2014
Mauritania rank
167th
Portugal rank
164th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Mauritania
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 19.2% against 17.4% in Mauritania, a difference of 1.8%.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

Across all 54 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.

Mauritania ranks 167th and Portugal ranks 164th 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.