Statizoid

Sao Tome and Principe vs USSR: Nitrogen use efficiency

Sao Tome and Principe
178.6%
in 2014
USSR
45.4%
in 1991
Sao Tome and Principe rank
4th
USSR rank
1st

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • USSR
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How they compare

Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 178.6% against 45.4% in USSR, a difference of 133.3%.

That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 3.9 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.

Sao Tome and Principe ranks 4th and USSR ranks 1st 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.