Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cattle: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises was 0.1271 kg per person in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.1271 kg per person for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Mauritania peaked at 0.5779 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1271 kg per person, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 94th 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: Manure applied to soils … capita volatilises in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.5779 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5757 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.5703 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.5668 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5627 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 0.558 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.5529 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.5486 kg per person | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 0.4685 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 0.4415 kg per person | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 0.4085 kg per person | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 0.3364 kg per person | -17.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2985 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 0.2246 kg per person | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 0.2311 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 0.2494 kg per person | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2601 kg per person | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 0.2533 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2585 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2516 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2643 kg per person | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2652 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.2367 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1893 kg per person | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2021 kg per person | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 0.2171 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 0.2139 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 0.214 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.2176 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2179 kg per person | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2151 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.1931 kg per person | -10.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2059 kg per person | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 0.1825 kg per person | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 0.1805 kg per person | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.1783 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1885 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1876 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1903 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.189 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1865 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1871 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1848 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.1718 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1698 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.1806 kg per person | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1512 kg per person | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1492 kg per person | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1697 kg per person | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 0.1605 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.1563 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1521 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1482 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1475 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1518 kg per person | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.1548 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.1464 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1411 kg per person | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1393 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1377 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1347 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1322 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1271 kg per person | -3.8% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.1271 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0867 kg per person, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.1271 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0563 kg per person, 2.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5535 kg per person | 0.4685 kg per person | 0.5779 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2962 kg per person | 0.2246 kg per person | 0.4415 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2272 kg per person | 0.1893 kg per person | 0.2652 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.194 kg per person | 0.1783 kg per person | 0.2179 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.174 kg per person | 0.1492 kg per person | 0.189 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1498 kg per person | 0.1393 kg per person | 0.1605 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1329 kg per person | 0.1271 kg per person | 0.1377 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 — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Mauritania?
- Cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per in Mauritania was 0.1271 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5779 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1271 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per?
- Mauritania ranks 94th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — manure applied to soils that volatilises (n content), per rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cattle — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 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 — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (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.