Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania
Mauritania: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency was 94.34 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania is 94.34 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania peaked at 94.34 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.06 %, in 1979.
Mauritania ranks 65th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49.1 % | — |
| 1962 | 49.03 % | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 49.23 % | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 48.49 % | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 51.59 % | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 46.47 % | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 44.71 % | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 43.24 % | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 52.55 % | +21.5% |
| 1970 | 41.78 % | -20.5% |
| 1971 | 32.49 % | -22.2% |
| 1972 | 30.32 % | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 25.72 % | -15.2% |
| 1974 | 42.2 % | +64.1% |
| 1975 | 41.46 % | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 36.3 % | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 28.17 % | -22.4% |
| 1978 | 32.83 % | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 23.06 % | -29.8% |
| 1980 | 26.61 % | +15.4% |
| 1981 | 33.76 % | +26.9% |
| 1982 | 36.75 % | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 30.9 % | -15.9% |
| 1984 | 37.35 % | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 60.21 % | +61.2% |
| 1986 | 64.54 % | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 72.03 % | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 63.89 % | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 66.51 % | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 43.81 % | -34.1% |
| 1991 | 40.68 % | -7.1% |
| 1992 | 36.12 % | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 56.92 % | +57.6% |
| 1994 | 74.88 % | +31.6% |
| 1995 | 83.76 % | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 85.71 % | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 61.65 % | -28.1% |
| 1998 | 67.04 % | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 66.33 % | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 61.35 % | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 46.81 % | -23.7% |
| 2002 | 42.14 % | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 55.2 % | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 42.06 % | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 55.51 % | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 48.23 % | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 57.97 % | +20.2% |
| 2008 | 63.72 % | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 55.84 % | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 67.57 % | +21.0% |
| 2011 | 55.75 % | -17.5% |
| 2012 | 73.64 % | +32.1% |
| 2013 | 69.52 % | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 77.16 % | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 63.21 % | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 60.4 % | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 64.09 % | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 75.24 % | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 64.53 % | -14.2% |
| 2020 | 69.32 % | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 81.55 % | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 93.89 % | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 94.34 % | +0.5% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 94.34 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 92.49 %, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 94.34 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 108.23 %, 87% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.27 % | 43.24 % | 52.55 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 33.43 % | 23.06 % | 42.2 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.26 % | 26.61 % | 72.03 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.69 % | 36.12 % | 85.71 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 52.88 % | 42.06 % | 63.72 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.11 % | 55.75 % | 77.16 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.77 % | 69.32 % | 94.34 % | 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 nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Mauritania was 94.34 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 94.34 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.06 % in 1979.
- How does Mauritania rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency?
- Mauritania ranks 65th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 use efficiency. 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 (%).