Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Mauritania
Mauritania: Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre was 0.0104 kg per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per square kilometre.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.0104 kg per square kilometre for potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Mauritania peaked at 0.0124 kg per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.0018 kg per square kilometre, in 1993.
That places Mauritania 135th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0055 kg per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0058 kg per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0058 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0064 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0064 kg per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0064 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0055 kg per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0046 kg per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0049 kg per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0055 kg per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0076 kg per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0076 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0092 kg per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | +34.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0046 kg per square kilometre | -63.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre | -59.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0026 kg per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 0.003 kg per square kilometre | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0033 kg per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0033 kg per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0031 kg per square kilometre | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 kg per square kilometre | -31.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0026 kg per square kilometre | +19.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 kg per square kilometre | -27.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0026 kg per square kilometre | +38.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 kg per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0044 kg per square kilometre | +23.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0051 kg per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0063 kg per square kilometre | +24.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0076 kg per square kilometre | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0082 kg per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 0.009 kg per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 kg per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0102 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.011 kg per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0106 kg per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0106 kg per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0106 kg per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0105 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.011 kg per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.01 kg per square kilometre | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0092 kg per square kilometre | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0094 kg per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.01 kg per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.01 kg per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0103 kg per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0103 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0103 kg per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | +0.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0104 kg per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.59 kg per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0104 kg per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.79 kg per square kilometre, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | -63.1% | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | 0.0046 kg per square kilometre |
| 1982 | -59.6% | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.006 kg per square kilometre | 0.0055 kg per square kilometre | 0.0064 kg per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.007 kg per square kilometre | 0.0046 kg per square kilometre | 0.0124 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0034 kg per square kilometre | 0.0025 kg per square kilometre | 0.0061 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0039 kg per square kilometre | 0.0018 kg per square kilometre | 0.0076 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0101 kg per square kilometre | 0.0082 kg per square kilometre | 0.011 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0101 kg per square kilometre | 0.0092 kg per square kilometre | 0.011 kg per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | 0.0103 kg per square kilometre | 0.0104 kg per square kilometre | 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 potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Mauritania?
- Potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre in Mauritania was 0.0104 kg per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0124 kg per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0018 kg per square kilometre in 1993.
- How does Mauritania rank for potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 135th out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes — crop residues (n content), per square kilometre rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Potatoes — Crop residues Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Potatoes — Crop residues (N content) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.