Lesotho vs Mauritania: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Lesotho
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.2703 kg/ha against 0.1206 kg/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 0.1497 kg/ha.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 2.2 times Lesotho's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.
Lesotho ranks 129th and Mauritania ranks 126th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.4618 kg/ha | 1.93 kg/ha | 2.39 kg/ha | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 1.39 kg/ha | 2.78 kg/ha | 1.39 kg/ha | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 5.19 kg/ha | 1.88 kg/ha | 3.3 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 1990s | 3.32 kg/ha | 1.16 kg/ha | 2.16 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2000s | 2.23 kg/ha | 1.66 kg/ha | 0.5719 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 0.7952 kg/ha | 1.46 kg/ha | 0.668 kg/ha | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.4387 kg/ha | 0.7634 kg/ha | 0.3248 kg/ha | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Lesotho or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.2703 kg/ha against 0.1206 kg/ha in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Lesotho and Mauritania?
- 0.1497 kg/ha, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Mauritania rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Lesotho ranks 129th and Mauritania ranks 126th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 (%).