Statizoid

Netherlands vs Spain: Nitrogen use efficiency

Netherlands
37.1%
in 2014
Spain
36.4%
in 2014
Netherlands rank
124th
Spain rank
126th

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Netherlands
  • Spain
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 37.1% against 36.4% in Spain, a difference of 0.7%.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.

Netherlands ranks 124th and Spain ranks 126th 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.