Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) was 0.2866 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Mauritania is 0.2866 kg per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Mauritania peaked at 0.564 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2866 kg per person, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 13th of 165 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.564 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5553 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.553 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 0.5435 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.541 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.533 kg per person | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 0.54 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.5413 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 0.5121 kg per person | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 0.5281 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 0.4583 kg per person | -13.2% |
| 1972 | 0.429 kg per person | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 0.4164 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.3654 kg per person | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 0.3702 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.3868 kg per person | +4.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3944 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4148 kg per person | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 0.3955 kg per person | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 0.402 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.3999 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3847 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 0.34 kg per person | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 0.3056 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 0.3222 kg per person | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3209 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3181 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 0.3226 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3303 kg per person | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3372 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 0.3389 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 0.3152 kg per person | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3134 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.3029 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.2952 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3393 kg per person | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3372 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.3564 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.3813 kg per person | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 0.3875 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.3951 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4038 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3968 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.3887 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3794 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.37 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3605 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.32 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3256 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3312 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3366 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3441 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3481 kg per person | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.3298 kg per person | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3614 kg per person | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.3282 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3221 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3117 kg per person | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3057 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3034 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2983 kg per person | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.2898 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2866 kg per person | -1.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.2866 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0384 kg per person, 7.5× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.2866 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0392 kg per person, 7.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5426 kg per person | 0.5121 kg per person | 0.564 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4159 kg per person | 0.3654 kg per person | 0.5281 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3446 kg per person | 0.3056 kg per person | 0.402 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3317 kg per person | 0.2952 kg per person | 0.3813 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3727 kg per person | 0.32 kg per person | 0.4038 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3319 kg per person | 0.3057 kg per person | 0.3614 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2945 kg per person | 0.2866 kg per person | 0.3034 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 sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Mauritania?
- Sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) in Mauritania was 0.2866 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.564 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2866 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content)?
- Mauritania ranks 13th out of 165 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep and goats — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content) rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches 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
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (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.