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Nitrogen use efficiency

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  1. 1Solomon Islands649%
  2. 2Equatorial Guinea506.2%
  3. 3Malaysia262.1%
  4. 4Sao Tome and Principe178.6%
  5. 5Kazakhstan175.7%
  6. 6Syrian Arab Republic175.2%
  7. 7Benin171%
  8. 8Papua New Guinea151.5%
  9. 9Ghana136.8%
  10. 10Cameroon129.2%
  11. 11Rwanda126.8%
  12. 12Russian Federation125.2%
  13. 13Congo, Rep.125%
  14. 14Congo, Dem. Rep.122.1%
  15. 15Ukraine120.1%
  16. 16Argentina118.4%
  17. 17Romania107.2%
  18. 18Togo106.5%
  19. 19Dominica104.4%
  20. 20Tanzania103.6%
  21. 21Burundi103%
  22. 22Nigeria100.1%
  23. 23Moldova98.5%
  24. 24West Bank and Gaza98.3%
  25. 25Uganda98%
  26. 26Lithuania96.5%
  27. 27Burkina Faso95.9%
  28. 28St. Vincent and the Grenadines94.4%
  29. 29Guam93.5%
  30. 30Hungary93%
  31. 31Chad87.6%
  32. 32Ireland86.9%
  33. 33Austria86%
  34. 34Ethiopia85.3%
  35. 35Angola83.7%
  36. 36Niger83.7%
  37. 37Paraguay82.5%
  38. 38Iraq81.4%
  39. 39Haiti80.9%
  40. 40Indonesia80.4%
  41. 41Sierra Leone78.9%
  42. 42Denmark74.3%
  43. 43France73.9%
  44. 44Comoros72.6%
  45. 45Guinea72.1%
  46. 46United States71.6%
  47. 47Serbia70.3%
  48. 48Slovak Republic70.1%
  49. 49Bolivia70.1%
  50. 50Lao PDR68.6%
  51. 51Azerbaijan67.8%
  52. 52United Kingdom66.7%
  53. 53Estonia65.4%
  54. 54Kyrgyz Republic65.2%
  55. 55Mozambique64.4%
  56. 56Grenada62.6%
  57. 57Germany62.6%
  58. 58Guinea-Bissau62.2%
  59. 59Uruguay62.2%
  60. 60American Samoa62.1%
  61. 61Australia62%
  62. 62Kenya62%
  63. 63Liberia61.7%
  64. 64Latvia61.4%
  65. 65Madagascar61.3%
  66. 66Mali60.2%
  67. 67Myanmar60.1%
  68. 68Canada59.5%
  69. 69Afghanistan59.5%
  70. 70South Africa59.4%
  71. 71Turkiye59%
  72. 72Kiribati58.6%
  73. 73Brazil57.5%
  74. 74Bulgaria57.5%
  75. 75North Macedonia57.3%
  76. 76Finland57.1%
  77. 77Honduras57%
  78. 78Gabon56.9%
  79. 79Gambia, The56.8%
  80. 80Czechia56%
  81. 81Iran, Islamic Rep.56%
  82. 82Malawi55.8%
  83. 83Morocco55.2%
  84. 84Tajikistan54.4%
  85. 85Sudan53.3%
  86. 86Sweden53%
  87. 87Italy52.6%
  88. 88Bhutan50.5%
  89. 89Croatia50.3%
  90. 90Greece50.2%
  91. 91Timor-Leste48.8%
  92. 92Zambia48.6%
  93. 93Uzbekistan48.5%
  94. 94Eritrea48.3%
  95. 95Cambodia48.1%
  96. 96Tunisia47.6%
  97. 97Armenia46.6%
  98. 98Mexico45.7%
  99. 99Vanuatu45.6%
  100. 100South Sudan45.3%
  101. 101Poland45.3%
  102. 102French Polynesia44.8%
  103. 103Guatemala44.5%
  104. 104Naoero44.3%
  105. 105Nepal43.6%
  106. 106Lesotho43.5%
  107. 107Belarus43.4%
  108. 108Senegal41.9%
  109. 109Korea, Dem. People's Rep.41.8%
  110. 110Central African Republic41.1%
  111. 111Ecuador39.9%
  112. 112Guyana39.6%
  113. 113Philippines39.4%
  114. 114Zimbabwe38.3%
  115. 115Thailand38.2%
  116. 116Egypt, Arab Rep.37.3%
  117. 117Tonga37.2%
  118. 118Netherlands37.1%
  119. 119Switzerland36.7%
  120. 120Spain36.4%
  121. 121Chile36.1%
  122. 122Belgium36%
  123. 123India34.3%
  124. 124Nicaragua34.1%
  125. 125Viet Nam33%
  126. 126Albania32.8%
  127. 127Samoa32.3%
  128. 128Oman32%
  129. 129China32%
  130. 130Peru31.5%
  131. 131El Salvador30.8%
  132. 132Algeria30.1%
  133. 133Belize30%
  134. 134Slovenia30%
  135. 135Israel29%
  136. 136Cabo Verde28.6%
  137. 137Bangladesh28%
  138. 138Japan27.9%
  139. 139Yemen, Rep.27.8%
  140. 140Libya27.1%
  141. 141Pakistan26.7%
  142. 142Bermuda26.2%
  143. 143Colombia25.9%
  144. 144Jamaica25.5%
  145. 145Korea, Rep.25.2%
  146. 146Costa Rica24.3%
  147. 147Turkmenistan24.2%
  148. 148Lebanon24.1%
  149. 149St. Kitts and Nevis23.9%
  150. 150Suriname22.3%
  151. 151Namibia22%
  152. 152Cuba21.6%
  153. 153Panama21%
  154. 154Norway20.4%
  155. 155Dominican Republic20.2%
  156. 156Sri Lanka20.1%
  157. 157Bosnia and Herzegovina19.2%
  158. 158Portugal19.2%
  159. 159Luxembourg18.3%
  160. 160Venezuela, RB18.1%
  161. 161Mauritania17.4%
  162. 162Bahamas, The17.3%
  163. 163Seychelles16.7%
  164. 164Maldives16.6%
  165. 165Fiji15.8%
  166. 166Jordan15.2%
  167. 167Antigua and Barbuda14.1%
  168. 168Georgia14%
  169. 169Malta12.9%
  170. 170Montenegro12.4%
  171. 171Kuwait11.6%
  172. 172Mauritius11.2%
  173. 173Somalia, Fed. Rep.10.6%
  174. 174Faroe Islands10.6%
  175. 175St. Lucia10%
  176. 176Cyprus9.3%
  177. 177Bahrain8.8%
  178. 178Puerto Rico (US)7.5%
  179. 179Barbados7.4%
  180. 180Djibouti7%
  181. 181New Caledonia7%
  182. 182Mongolia6.7%
  183. 183United Arab Emirates6.4%
  184. 184Cayman Islands6.3%
  185. 185Saudi Arabia5.4%
  186. 186New Zealand5.2%
  187. 187Botswana4.5%
  188. 188Singapore2.2%
  189. 189Trinidad and Tobago2.1%
  190. 190British Virgin Islands1.8%
  191. 191Brunei Darussalam0.78%
  192. 192Iceland0.21%
  193. 193Qatar0.1%

Nitrogen use efficiency

Nitrogen use efficiency by country 2014 | worldgovdata