Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Mauritania

Fertilizer use in Mauritania in 2023 — 8.5 kg/ha. Ranked 162 in the world out of 191. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 4,435%.

2023 8.5 kg/ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 162of 191
Period maximum 17.3 kg/ha1992
Period minimum 0.2 kg/ha1966

Trend over time

1966–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Mauritania, 1966–202305101520196619721978198419901996200220082014202020231966: 0.2 kg/ha1967: 0.4 kg/ha1968: 0.7 kg/ha1969: 0.7 kg/ha1970: 1.1 kg/ha1973: 1 kg/ha1974: 2.5 kg/ha1975: 6 kg/ha1976: 2.6 kg/ha1977: 11.7 kg/ha1978: 10.4 kg/ha1979: 10.8 kg/ha1980: 6.2 kg/ha1982: 0.4 kg/ha1983: 1.6 kg/ha1984: 1.9 kg/ha1985: 6.7 kg/ha1986: 3.1 kg/ha1987: 3.2 kg/ha1988: 8.9 kg/ha1989: 6.1 kg/ha1990: 9.8 kg/ha1991: 12.6 kg/ha1992: 17.3 kg/ha1993: 10.7 kg/ha1994: 8.9 kg/ha1995: 8.9 kg/ha1996: 11.1 kg/ha1997: 3.8 kg/ha1998: 4 kg/ha1999: 5.3 kg/ha2001: 6.4 kg/ha2002: 4.9 kg/ha2003: 5.7 kg/ha2004: 5.2 kg/ha2005: 5.7 kg/ha2006: 7.7 kg/ha2007: 4.7 kg/ha2008: 5.4 kg/ha2009: 5.4 kg/ha2010: 8.7 kg/ha2011: 5.4 kg/ha2012: 7.8 kg/ha2013: 8.1 kg/ha2014: 8.1 kg/ha2015: 8.1 kg/ha2016: 10.7 kg/ha2017: 13.6 kg/ha2018: 12.8 kg/ha2019: 12.4 kg/ha2020: 14.9 kg/ha2021: 11.3 kg/ha2022: 8.5 kg/ha2023: 8.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +8.3 (+4,435%) Average annual rate: 6.92 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 8.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 8.5 +0 +0%
2022 8.5 −2.8 −24.67%
2021 11.3 −3.6 −23.97%
2020 14.9 +2.5 +19.82%
2019 12.4 −0.4 −2.87%
2018 12.8 −0.8 −5.73%
2017 13.6 +2.9 +27.35%
2016 10.7 +2.6 +32.22%
2015 8.1 −0 −0.25%
2014 8.1 −0 −0.49%
2013 8.1 +0.3 +3.51%
2012 7.8 +2.4 +44.18%
2011 5.4 −3.3 −37.85%
2010 8.7 +3.4 +62.08%
2009 5.4 +0 +0.79%
2008 5.4 +0.7 +14.11%
2007 4.7 −3 −38.69%
2006 7.7 +2 +34.2%
2005 5.7 +0.5 +8.82%
2004 5.2 −0.5 −8.78%
2003 5.7 +0.9 +18.41%
2002 4.9 −1.6 −24.69%
2001 6.4
1999 5.3 +1.3 +33.33%
1998 4 +0.2 +4.53%
1997 3.8 −7.3 −65.56%
1996 11.1 +2.2 +25%
1995 8.9 +0 +0%
1994 8.9 −1.8 −16.86%
1993 10.7 −6.6 −38.34%
1992 17.3 +4.8 +38.05%
1991 12.6 +2.8 +28.83%
1990 9.8 +3.7 +61.09%
1989 6.1 −2.8 −31.91%
1988 8.9 +5.7 +174.75%
1987 3.2 +0.1 +3.53%
1986 3.1 −3.6 −53.36%
1985 6.7 +4.8 +247.41%
1984 1.9 +0.3 +18.34%
1983 1.6 +1.2 +307.41%
1982 0.4
1980 6.2 −4.6 −42.52%
1979 10.8 +0.3 +3.13%
1978 10.4 −1.3 −11.01%
1977 11.7 +9.2 +357.65%
1976 2.6 −3.4 −57.19%
1975 6 +3.5 +144.07%
1974 2.5 +1.5 +150.96%
1973 1
1970 1.1 +0.4 +50%
1969 0.7 −0 −3.6%
1968 0.7 +0.4 +99.25%
1967 0.4 +0.2 +99.25%
1966 0.2

About the indicator

Consumption of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphate and potash in nutrient terms) in kilograms per hectare of arable land. It is directly linked to yields, but excessive application leads to the pollution of water bodies and to nitrous oxide emissions — which is why the optimum, not the maximum, is the goal here.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by arable land — the same denominator that stands in the indicator. The figure does not distinguish types of fertilizer and says nothing about whether it was applied at the right rate and the right time.

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