Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania
Mauritania: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.2703 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.2703 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 78.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania peaked at 4.47 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.2703 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Mauritania 119th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.74 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.77 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 1.79 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 1.86 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 1.78 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1966 | 2.02 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 2.19 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 2.41 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 1.79 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1970 | 2.31 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1971 | 2.85 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1972 | 2.57 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 2.7 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 2.12 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1975 | 2.24 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 2.57 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 3.02 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1978 | 2.96 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 4.47 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 1980 | 4.03 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 3.08 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1982 | 2.41 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1983 | 2.28 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 1.83 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1985 | 1.16 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1986 | 1.01 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 0.7732 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1988 | 1.19 kg/ha | +54.1% |
| 1989 | 1.07 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1990 | 1.64 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 1991 | 1.88 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 2.23 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1993 | 1.31 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6902 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1995 | 0.4325 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3857 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 1.04 kg/ha | +170.6% |
| 1998 | 0.9441 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 1.04 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 1.25 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2001 | 1.78 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 2002 | 2.02 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 1.63 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 1.99 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2005 | 1.57 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2006 | 2.05 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2007 | 1.48 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2008 | 1.2 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 1.63 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2010 | 1.31 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2011 | 1.63 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2012 | 1.12 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2013 | 1.27 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9534 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2015 | 1.69 kg/ha | +77.6% |
| 2016 | 1.89 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 1.81 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 1.21 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2019 | 1.73 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2020 | 1.58 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9123 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2933 kg/ha | -67.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2703 kg/ha | -7.8% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.2703 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6913 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.2703 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3837 kg/ha. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +170.6% | 0.3857 kg/ha | 1.04 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.93 kg/ha | 1.74 kg/ha | 2.41 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.78 kg/ha | 2.12 kg/ha | 4.47 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.88 kg/ha | 0.7732 kg/ha | 4.03 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.16 kg/ha | 0.3857 kg/ha | 2.23 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.66 kg/ha | 1.2 kg/ha | 2.05 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 kg/ha | 0.9534 kg/ha | 1.89 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7634 kg/ha | 0.2703 kg/ha | 1.58 kg/ha | 4 |
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- 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 nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Mauritania was 0.2703 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.47 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2703 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Mauritania ranks 119th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 (%).