Statizoid

Norway vs Sri Lanka: Nitrogen use efficiency

Norway
20.4%
in 2014
Sri Lanka
20.1%
in 2014
Norway rank
160th
Sri Lanka rank
162nd

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Norway
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 20.4% against 20.1% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Norway ranks 160th and Sri Lanka ranks 162nd 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.