Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania
Mauritania: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied was 0.1146 kg per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania is 0.1146 kg per person, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania peaked at 0.8847 kg per person in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0 kg per person, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 147th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1963 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1964 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1965 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1966 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1967 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1968 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1969 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1970 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1971 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1972 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1973 | 0.0434 kg per person | — |
| 1974 | 0.0866 kg per person | +99.7% |
| 1975 | 0.2584 kg per person | +198.3% |
| 1976 | 0.114 kg per person | -55.9% |
| 1977 | 0.421 kg per person | +269.2% |
| 1978 | 0.4093 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.2513 kg per person | -38.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0814 kg per person | -67.6% |
| 1981 | 0 kg per person | -100.0% |
| 1982 | 0 kg per person | — |
| 1983 | 0.0822 kg per person | — |
| 1984 | 0.0798 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 0.3366 kg per person | +321.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1541 kg per person | -54.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1497 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3233 kg per person | +115.9% |
| 1989 | 0.268 kg per person | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 0.5379 kg per person | +100.7% |
| 1991 | 0.6717 kg per person | +24.9% |
| 1992 | 0.8847 kg per person | +31.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5495 kg per person | -37.9% |
| 1994 | 0.5335 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.519 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.6361 kg per person | +22.6% |
| 1997 | 0.1894 kg per person | -70.2% |
| 1998 | 0.2182 kg per person | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2833 kg per person | +29.8% |
| 2000 | 0 kg per person | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3248 kg per person | — |
| 2002 | 0.139 kg per person | -57.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1576 kg per person | +13.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1366 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.1695 kg per person | +24.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1758 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0874 kg per person | -50.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1179 kg per person | +34.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1134 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1982 kg per person | +74.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1186 kg per person | -40.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1594 kg per person | +34.4% |
| 2013 | 0.184 kg per person | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1753 kg per person | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 0.1441 kg per person | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1975 kg per person | +37.1% |
| 2017 | 0.236 kg per person | +19.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2297 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2292 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.252 kg per person | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 0.1795 kg per person | -28.8% |
| 2022 | 0.118 kg per person | -34.3% |
| 2023 | 0.1146 kg per person | -2.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.1146 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8081 kg per person, 14% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.1146 kg per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3399 kg per person, 34% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +321.7% | 0.0798 kg per person | 0.3366 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kg per person | 0 kg per person | 0 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1584 kg per person | 0 kg per person | 0.421 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1475 kg per person | 0 kg per person | 0.3366 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5023 kg per person | 0.1894 kg per person | 0.8847 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1422 kg per person | 0 kg per person | 0.3248 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1872 kg per person | 0.1186 kg per person | 0.236 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.166 kg per person | 0.1146 kg per person | 0.252 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More climate change data for Mauritania
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 5.05 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 13,025 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,939 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,086 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 14.87 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 324.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 339.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60.39 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 279.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2279 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania?
- Nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Mauritania was 0.1146 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8847 kg per person in 1992.
- What is the lowest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg per person in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied?
- Mauritania ranks 147th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.