Mauritania vs Sri Lanka: Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area

Mauritania
12.65 kg/ha
in 2023
Sri Lanka
12.63 kg/ha
in 2023
Mauritania rank
41st
Sri Lanka rank
42nd

Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time

  • Mauritania
  • Sri Lanka
2.557.51012.515196119922023

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 12.65 kg/ha against 12.63 kg/ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.02 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Mauritania ranks 41st and Sri Lanka ranks 42nd of 176 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 3.69 kg/ha 7.68 kg/ha 3.99 kg/ha Sri Lanka
1970s 5.92 kg/ha 10.02 kg/ha 4.1 kg/ha Sri Lanka
1980s 5.95 kg/ha 12.2 kg/ha 6.25 kg/ha Sri Lanka
1990s 6.41 kg/ha 11.84 kg/ha 5.42 kg/ha Sri Lanka
2000s 8.66 kg/ha 11.91 kg/ha 3.25 kg/ha Sri Lanka
2010s 10.49 kg/ha 12.62 kg/ha 2.13 kg/ha Sri Lanka
2020s 12.15 kg/ha 12.94 kg/ha 0.7859 kg/ha Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Mauritania or Sri Lanka?
Mauritania, at 12.65 kg/ha against 12.63 kg/ha in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Mauritania and Sri Lanka?
0.02 kg/ha, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Mauritania and Sri Lanka rank globally for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Mauritania ranks 41st and Sri Lanka ranks 42nd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,870 data points, 1961–2023
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).