Liberia vs Mauritania: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland over time
- Liberia
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1.49 kg/ha against 1.41 kg/ha in Liberia, a difference of 0.08 kg/ha.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 112th and Mauritania ranks 109th of 187 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.807 kg/ha | 0.085 kg/ha | 0.722 kg/ha | Liberia |
| 2000s | 0.674 kg/ha | 0.087 kg/ha | 0.587 kg/ha | Liberia |
| 2010s | 0.709 kg/ha | 0.548 kg/ha | 0.161 kg/ha | Liberia |
| 2020s | 1.44 kg/ha | 1.17 kg/ha | 0.262 kg/ha | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland, Liberia or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 1.49 kg/ha against 1.41 kg/ha in Liberia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland between Liberia and Mauritania?
- 0.08 kg/ha, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Mauritania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Liberia and Mauritania rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Liberia ranks 112th and Mauritania ranks 109th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).