Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.13 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mauritania, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.13 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.13 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 1994.
That places Mauritania 133rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.019 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.013 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.062 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 5 |
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)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 79 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 84 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 55 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 34 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 9,828 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 10,783 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 703 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritania?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritania was 0.13 kg/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.13 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 1994.
- How does Mauritania rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 133rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).