Statizoid

Nigeria vs Tanzania: Nitrogen use efficiency

Nigeria
100.1%
in 2014
Tanzania
103.6%
in 2014
Nigeria rank
25th
Tanzania rank
23rd

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Nigeria
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 103.6% against 100.1% in Nigeria, a difference of 3.5%.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 25th and Tanzania ranks 23rd 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.