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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 2024 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 crop nutrient budget database.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Mauritius 1 92.4 3.2
Argentina 2 87.7 3.0
Paraguay 3 86.7 3.4
Dominican Republic 4 85.4 11.0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 79.7 5.1
Brazil 6 78.8 -1.1
Laos 7 78.1 13.6
Serbia 7 78.1 15.9
United States of America 9 76.6 7.0
Philippines 10 73.7 -4.2
Ukraine 11 71.1 11.2
Nepal 12 70.7 -3.4
Romania 13 68.5 18.8
Fiji 14 68.2 0.5
Germany 15 67.1 2.8
Hungary 16 67.0 3.3
Sri Lanka 17 65.6 9.3
Guatemala 18 64.7 0.4
Austria 19 64.0 0.8
Malaysia 20 63.9 7.0
France 21 63.7 -0.5
Slovakia 22 62.9 8.4
Canada 23 61.7 5.0
Croatia 24 61.5 6.1
Bolivia 25 61.3 8.3
Denmark 25 61.3 -4.6
Lithuania 27 61.0 15.4
Bulgaria 28 60.8 2.0
Poland 28 60.8 5.2
Latvia 30 60.3 12.5
Djibouti 31 59.3 8.4
China 32 58.8 8.2
Uruguay 33 58.6 -5.8
Czech Republic 34 58.5 0.4
Tajikistan 35 57.9 -16.5
Belize 36 57.4 -8.9
Papua New Guinea 37 57.3 10.7
United Kingdom 38 56.0 -0.7
Moldova 39 55.9 6.6
El Salvador 40 55.8 4.9
Guyana 41 55.3 -2.9
Viet Nam 42 55.2 -3.1
Myanmar 43 54.7 -12.1
Bangladesh 44 54.4 0.3
Jamaica 44 54.4 -9.8
Egypt 46 54.1 -4.6
Tonga 47 53.7 24.2
Benin 48 52.6 9.9
Indonesia 49 52.5 -1.4
Seychelles 50 52.3 10.8
Greece 51 52.2 -2.3
New Zealand 52 52.0 -8.0
Ghana 53 51.9 4.6
Estonia 54 51.6 10.5
India 54 51.6 3.7
Cambodia 56 51.4 -0.1
Grenada 57 50.6 2.2
Japan 58 50.3 1.6
Nigeria 59 50.0 4.3
Turkiye 60 49.8 -1.8
Australia 61 49.7 -4.0
Uzbekistan 62 49.6 -8.8
Thailand 63 48.9 0.4
Rwanda 64 48.8 -2.5
Mexico 65 48.5 6.2
Ethiopia 66 48.2 4.1
Azerbaijan 67 48.1 2.4
Suriname 68 47.5 1.8
Colombia 69 47.4 -3.9
Mali 70 47.0 2.3
Ireland 71 46.6 -4.8
Sweden 71 46.6 1.2
Maldives 73 46.4 11.7
Oman 73 46.4 11.6
Burkina Faso 75 46.3 -0.6
South Africa 76 45.8 4.2
Cuba 77 45.7 2.6
Chile 78 45.4 1.2
Netherlands 79 45.2 -1.3
Comoros 80 45.1 2.3
Burundi 81 45.0 3.9
Luxembourg 82 44.8 -4.1
Cameroon 83 44.7 3.7
Lebanon 84 44.6 6.8
Taiwan 85 44.2 3.6
Kenya 86 44.0 -0.3
Tanzania 86 44.0 1.9
Russia 88 43.9 10.1
Senegal 88 43.9 18.3
Slovenia 90 43.8 4.3
Belgium 91 43.6 -0.7
Malawi 91 43.6 -4.0
South Korea 91 43.6 -2.6
Switzerland 94 43.1 -1.8
Costa Rica 95 42.7 -6.3
Madagascar 96 42.6 -3.8
Italy 97 41.7 -3.8
Barbados 98 41.4 -11.9
Guinea 99 41.0 3.7
Samoa 100 40.9 19.1
Uganda 100 40.9 3.9
Morocco 102 40.4 0.3
Bahamas 103 39.9 -1.3
Kyrgyzstan 104 39.5 0.1
Algeria 105 38.6 1.6
Ecuador 106 37.9 0.9
Finland 107 37.7 -5.3
North Macedonia 107 37.7 0.4
Republic of Congo 109 37.6 0.8
Dem. Rep. Congo 110 37.5 -0.2
Dominica 110 37.5 3.2
Kazakhstan 112 37.4 7.8
Kuwait 113 37.1 -7.6
Nicaragua 114 36.8 3.1
Angola 115 35.2 2.5
Honduras 116 34.9 2.2
Spain 116 34.9 3.4
Equatorial Guinea 118 34.5 1.7
Peru 119 34.2 0.1
Singapore 120 34.1 -0.2
Pakistan 121 33.9 -1.2
Bhutan 122 33.8 -7.9
Niger 123 33.7 1.2
Cote d'Ivoire 124 32.4 -2.6
Mozambique 125 32.1 -1.2
Togo 126 31.9 3.0
Zimbabwe 127 31.7 3.9
Iran 128 31.6 0.5
Iraq 129 31.5 -6.7
Afghanistan 130 31.2 -5.9
Jordan 131 31.1 0.9
Panama 132 31.0 4.3
Chad 133 30.2 -2.7
Zambia 134 29.9 -2.8
Belarus 135 29.7 -0.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 136 29.1 11.8
Sierra Leone 136 29.1 -7.4
Guinea-Bissau 138 28.2 1.5
Saint Lucia 139 27.8 -5.8
Haiti 140 27.5 -4.5
Turkmenistan 141 27.0 -1.1
Eswatini 142 26.4 -2.8
Sudan 143 26.0 3.1
Gabon 144 24.9 -5.2
Israel 145 24.5 -13.8
Tunisia 146 24.3 0.9
Micronesia 147 24.0 -6.5
Kiribati 148 23.8 0.6
Liberia 149 22.2 -0.4
Albania 150 22.0 0.6
Bahrain 151 21.7 13.1
Mauritania 152 21.5 3.0
Eritrea 153 20.5 -2.5
Sao Tome and Principe 154 20.1 -23.0
Solomon Islands 155 19.4 7.7
Georgia 156 19.2 1.7
Norway 157 18.9 1.1
Timor-Leste 157 18.9 -5.7
Venezuela 159 18.1 -6.7
Montenegro 160 17.3 0.8
Malta 161 16.4 -31.7
Central African Republic 162 16.2 0.0
Gambia 163 15.4 -12.5
Portugal 164 15.1 2.0
United Arab Emirates 165 13.8 3.7
Vanuatu 166 13.7 -0.2
Armenia 167 13.1 -18.0
Lesotho 168 11.0 -4.2
Namibia 169 10.1 -0.5
Cyprus 170 9.2 -5.0
Saudi Arabia 171 8.9 1.4
Cabo Verde 172 8.1 -3.9
Qatar 173 6.7 1.7
Botswana 174 6.0 6.0
Trinidad and Tobago 175 5.4 1.3
Antigua and Barbuda 176 3.8 -1.9
Brunei Darussalam 177 0.7 0.6
Mongolia 178 0.2 -2.3
Iceland 179 0.0 0.0
Marshall Islands