Development of the Gross Nitrogen Balance, Nitrogen use efficiency and GVA in the EU 28

Methodology

The data was produced by eurostat. The method for the GNB and NUE is described under the following link: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Agri-environmental_indicator_-_gross_nitrogen_balance; the data for the Nitrogen use efficiency can be found under the same link; the data for the GVA was drawn from Eurostat from the following link  http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=aact_eaa01&lang=en (based on Eurostat data tag00056 sub: [aact_eaa01])

Units

Index (2005 values = 1)

Additional information

EEA calculations based on Eurostat data

GNB = Gross Nitrogen Balance, NUE = Nitrogen Use Efficiency, GVA (Agri) = Agri Gross Value Added (Agricultural industry)

GNB and NUE: based on Eurostat data (aei_pr_gnb) Eurostat estimates for Estonia (2015), RO and HR (2004 - 2014) BE, BG, DK, GR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, MT (2004 - 2015)

GVA of the agricultural industry (values at current prices): based on Eurostat data tag00056, Economic accounts for agriculture - values at current prices