Belgium-Luxembourg vs Portugal: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency

Belgium-Luxembourg
22.67 %
in 1999
Portugal
25.21 %
in 2023
Belgium-Luxembourg rank
162nd
Portugal rank
161st

Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency over time

  • Belgium-Luxembourg
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 25.21 % against 22.67 % in Belgium-Luxembourg, a difference of 2.54 %.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Belgium-Luxembourg's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 162nd and Portugal ranks 161st of 185 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belgium-Luxembourg averaged higher in 2 and Portugal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium-Luxembourg Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 19.86 % 29.98 % 10.12 % Portugal
1970s 17.72 % 22.08 % 4.36 % Portugal
1980s 18.79 % 18.31 % 0.4784 % Belgium-Luxembourg
1990s 21.3 % 19.52 % 1.79 % Belgium-Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency, Belgium-Luxembourg or Portugal?
Portugal, at 25.21 % against 22.67 % in Belgium-Luxembourg as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency between Belgium-Luxembourg and Portugal?
2.54 %, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium-Luxembourg and Portugal?
39 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1999.
How do Belgium-Luxembourg and Portugal rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 162nd and Portugal ranks 161st of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).