Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita was 0.1565 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.1565 kg per person for sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.2938 kg per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1565 kg per person, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 20th of 159 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2938 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.286 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.286 kg per person | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.278 kg per person | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2774 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.2835 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2889 kg per person | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.2803 kg per person | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.2589 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 0.2825 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 0.2558 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2364 kg per person | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 0.2294 kg per person | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 0.1949 kg per person | -15.1% |
| 1975 | 0.206 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2205 kg per person | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2295 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 0.233 kg per person | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.2362 kg per person | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.2435 kg per person | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 0.2458 kg per person | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2321 kg per person | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 0.1719 kg per person | -25.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1587 kg per person | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 0.1582 kg per person | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.1616 kg per person | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.1609 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.1674 kg per person | +4.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1742 kg per person | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1804 kg per person | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1821 kg per person | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1687 kg per person | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1677 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1621 kg per person | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.1579 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1815 kg per person | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1804 kg per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1907 kg per person | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2089 kg per person | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 0.2123 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 0.2164 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2212 kg per person | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2169 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.213 kg per person | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2079 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2028 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.1976 kg per person | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1712 kg per person | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 0.1742 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.1772 kg per person | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1801 kg per person | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 0.185 kg per person | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.1863 kg per person | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1642 kg per person | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.1934 kg per person | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1728 kg per person | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1728 kg per person | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1684 kg per person | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.1675 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1605 kg per person | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1594 kg per person | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.1578 kg per person | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1565 kg per person | -0.8% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.1565 kg per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0122 kg per person, 12.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.1565 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0087 kg per person, 18.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content), per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | -25.9% | 0.2321 kg per person | 0.1719 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2814 kg per person | 0.2589 kg per person | 0.2938 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2324 kg per person | 0.1949 kg per person | 0.2825 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1874 kg per person | 0.1582 kg per person | 0.2458 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.178 kg per person | 0.1579 kg per person | 0.2089 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2034 kg per person | 0.1712 kg per person | 0.2212 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1768 kg per person | 0.1642 kg per person | 0.1934 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1585 kg per person | 0.1565 kg per person | 0.1605 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 — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita in Mauritania?
- Sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita in Mauritania was 0.1565 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2938 kg per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1565 kg per person in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 20th out of 159 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sheep — manure applied to soils that leaches (n content), per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. 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 — 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 — 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 — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep — 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 — 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.