Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates: Nitrogen use efficiency

Saudi Arabia

5.4%

in 2014

United Arab Emirates

6.4%

in 2014

Saudi Arabia rank

194th

United Arab Emirates rank

192nd

Nitrogen use efficiency over time

Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 6.4% against 5.4% in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

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

Saudi Arabia ranks 194th and United Arab Emirates ranks 192nd 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: 07 August 2026

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.