Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita was 0.1255 kg per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Mauritania is 0.1255 kg per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.6123 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1255 kg per person, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 100th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6123 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.61 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.6042 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.6005 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5962 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 0.5913 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5858 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.5815 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.4821 kg per person | -17.1% |
| 1970 | 0.451 kg per person | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 0.4238 kg per person | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 0.3481 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 1973 | 0.3126 kg per person | -10.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2331 kg per person | -25.4% |
| 1975 | 0.2365 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2518 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2611 kg per person | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2516 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2572 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 0.2504 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.2668 kg per person | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2697 kg per person | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2346 kg per person | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1914 kg per person | -18.4% |
| 1985 | 0.204 kg per person | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 0.2152 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2121 kg per person | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.2123 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2155 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 0.2162 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.2142 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1895 kg per person | -11.5% |
| 1993 | 0.1987 kg per person | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1761 kg per person | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 0.174 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.172 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.185 kg per person | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1844 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.1875 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 0.1865 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1847 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1843 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 0.1825 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1667 kg per person | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1647 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1787 kg per person | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1485 kg per person | -16.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1466 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1672 kg per person | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1588 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1548 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1509 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1473 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1471 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1498 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1528 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1442 kg per person | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1392 kg per person | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1375 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1359 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.133 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1305 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1255 kg per person | -3.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.1255 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0819 kg per person, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.1255 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0605 kg per person, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | -25.4% | 0.3126 kg per person | 0.2331 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5849 kg per person | 0.4821 kg per person | 0.6123 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3027 kg per person | 0.2331 kg per person | 0.451 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2272 kg per person | 0.1914 kg per person | 0.2697 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1897 kg per person | 0.172 kg per person | 0.2162 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.171 kg per person | 0.1466 kg per person | 0.1865 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1482 kg per person | 0.1375 kg per person | 0.1588 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1312 kg per person | 0.1255 kg per person | 0.1359 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4893 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Mauritania?
- Cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita in Mauritania was 0.1255 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6123 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1255 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 100th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — losses from manure treated (n content), per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Losses from manure treated 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
Cattle — Losses from manure treated (N content) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.