Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index

 

The Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index (SNMI) seeks to balance efficient application of nitrogen fertilizer with maximum crop yields as a measure of the environmental performance of agricultural production. The 2020 EPI uses the SNMI as a proxy for agricultural drivers of environmental damage. A score of 100 indicates that a country is optimizing both crop yields and fertilizer application, and a score of 0 indicates a country has among the worst performance on the SNMI. Data supporting this metric come from FAOSTAT and are calculated by Xin Zhang et al. at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

 
Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index
 
Country Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
Ukraine 1 79.5 18.3
Argentina 2 78.4 1.4
Paraguay 3 77.9 2.5
Hungary 4 73.1 -14.1
Denmark 5 73 -0.6
United States of America 6 71.9 -4
Uruguay 7 71.4 11.5
Serbia 8 69.9 9.2
Laos 9 69.2 12.1
Bolivia 10 68.9 9.3
Slovakia 11 68.8 -3.2
Austria 12 68 -0.9
Canada 13 67.3 -0.3
Romania 14 65.7 4.3
Croatia 15 65.4 9.3
France 16 65.2 -3.9
Brazil 17 65 1.2
Saudi Arabia 18 64.3 39.8
Azerbaijan 18 64.3 13.2
Lithuania 20 64.1 8.4
Bulgaria 21 63.6 12.3
Sweden 21 63.6 -
Malaysia 23 63.4 21.7
Latvia 24 62.8 8.5
Germany 25 61.9 -3.4
Russia 26 60.5 8.6
Suriname 27 59.4 9.4
Cambodia 28 59 9
Czech Republic 29 58.7 -10.4
Armenia 30 57.6 6
New Zealand 31 57.5 3.8
Turkey 32 57.4 4.5
Poland 32 57.4 4
Italy 34 56.8 0.7
Japan 35 55.9 0.4
South Africa 36 54.4 -4
United Kingdom 37 54.3 -7.6
Myanmar 38 53.7 -2.8
Taiwan 39 53.4 7.2
Ethiopia 40 53.3 9.2
Egypt 41 53 2.6
Greece 42 52.6 -6.6
Kyrgyzstan 43 52.4 -7
Finland 43 52.4 -4.9
Estonia 45 51.8 -1
Indonesia 45 51.8 6.4
South Korea 47 51.7 1.4
Afghanistan 48 51 0.9
Moldova 49 50.8 -7.4
Oman 50 50.6 35.2
Madagascar 51 50.5 3.9
Viet Nam 52 50.3 -1
Bhutan 53 50.2 5.3
Bangladesh 54 49.9 5.9
China 55 49.5 2.7
Australia 56 49.2 -2.1
Switzerland 57 47.6 -4.1
Uzbekistan 58 47.5 0.9
Ireland 59 47.3 -42.7
Belgium 59 47.3 1.2
Slovenia 61 47 1.4
Belarus 62 45.9 8.5
Nepal 63 45.8 -3.6
Kazakhstan 64 45.6 6.3
Tajikistan 65 45.5 -1.5
Kuwait 66 44.9 -22.7
Algeria 67 44.8 29.9
Philippines 68 44.1 5.8
Tanzania 69 44 6.6
Mali 70 43.4 3.6
Sierra Leone 71 42.7 11.1
Benin 71 42.7 0.9
Luxembourg 73 42.2 -4
Eswatini 74 41.1 -3
Ghana 75 41 2.5
North Macedonia 76 40.9 -6.6
Cameroon 77 40.4 1.8
Guyana 78 40.2 -7.2
Chile 78 40.2 -9.1
Netherlands 80 40 -3
Turkmenistan 81 39.9 -23.1
Togo 82 39.8 4
Burkina Faso 83 39.7 -0.5
Mauritania 83 39.7 14.5
Rwanda 85 39.4 1.4
Norway 86 39.3 -0.7
Malawi 87 39 -
Nigeria 87 39 -2.5
Morocco 89 38.9 16.9
Mexico 90 38.8 1
Chad 91 38.7 -
Uganda 91 38.7 2.3
Senegal 93 38.6 1.8
Albania 94 37.6 8.9
Iraq 95 37.4 9.2
Comoros 96 37.3 1
Peru 97 37.1 -2.9
Burundi 98 37 -2.1
Zambia 99 36.6 2.5
Spain 100 36.2 -2.4
Gambia 101 36.1 -3
Kenya 102 35.9 -1.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 103 35.4 0.5
Pakistan 104 35.1 1.3
Guinea 105 35 -5.5
Israel 106 34.9 -2.4
Timor-Leste 106 34.9 7.3
India 108 34.7 2.4
Mozambique 109 34.4 5.8
Republic of Congo 110 34.3 -0.9
Tonga 111 34.1 16.8
Lebanon 111 34.1 -14.3
Iran 113 33.8 -7.1
Niger 114 33.6 2
Sri Lanka 115 33.2 3.1
Bahrain 115 33.2 -4.9
Thailand 117 33.1 -6.9
Vanuatu 118 33 2.1
Cote d'Ivoire 119 32 -2.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 120 31.7 -2.8
Haiti 121 31.4 5.6
Papua New Guinea 122 31.3 3.2
Angola 123 29.3 -3.9
Ecuador 124 29.2 4.1
Grenada 125 28.9 0.4
Guatemala 126 28.7 3.2
Malta 127 28.3 -9.9
Equatorial Guinea 128 28.1 5.5
Samoa 129 27.7 5.5
Cyprus 129 27.7 7.4
Guinea-Bissau 131 27.5 -3.3
Honduras 131 27.5 8.8
Lesotho 133 27.4 1.7
Qatar 134 26.6 -16.1
Kiribati 135 26.5 8.8
Liberia 136 26.2 -2.1
Panama 137 25.6 -1.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina 138 25.1 -20
Jordan 139 25 0.8
Sudan 140 24.7 -2.1
Tunisia 141 24.3 -6.4
Dominican Republic 142 24.2 4.8
Nicaragua 143 24.1 -6.1
El Salvador 144 23.9 -0.1
Zimbabwe 145 23.6 -4.7
Venezuela 146 22.9 -3.5
Jamaica 147 22.4 5.1
Colombia 148 22.3 -0.8
Eritrea 148 22.3 -10.8
Portugal 148 22.3 1.7
Central African Republic 151 21.9 -4.2
Cuba 152 21.4 -6.2
Gabon 153 20.6 -4.7
Mauritius 154 20 2.5
Belize 155 19.9 -10.1
Singapore 156 19.7 3.6
Micronesia 157 19.4 -0.3
Costa Rica 157 19.4 1.1
Montenegro 159 19.2 -7.3
Iceland 160 18.5 -23.1
Sao Tome and Principe 161 18.2 -13.1
Dominica 162 17.8 2.6
Georgia 163 16.9 -15.9
Cabo Verde 164 16.7 8
Djibouti 165 15.7 3
Mongolia 166 15.4 -23.4
Maldives 167 14.1 9.3
Bahamas 168 14 -1.9
United Arab Emirates 169 13.7 -11.5
Barbados 170 11.9 -1.1
Namibia 171 11.5 -11.3
Fiji 172 11.1 -2.8
Seychelles 173 8.8 2.2
Solomon Islands 174 8.6 0.3
Saint Lucia 175 6.4 -10.2
Trinidad and Tobago 176 5.2 -0.7
Antigua and Barbuda 177 5.1 2.6
Botswana 178 4.8 -7.4
Marshall Islands 179 1.7 0.9
Brunei Darussalam 180 - -