Which has higher fertilizer use by nutrient, Lesotho or Mauritania?

Lesotho, at 2,152 tonnes against 1,918 tonnes in Mauritania as of 2023.

What is the difference in fertilizer use by nutrient between Lesotho and Mauritania?

234 tonnes, with Lesotho ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?

48 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use by nutrient. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lesotho vs Mauritania: Fertilizer use by nutrient

Lesotho

2,152 tonnes

in 2023

Mauritania

1,918 tonnes

in 2023

Lesotho rank

150th

Mauritania rank

151st

Fertilizer use by nutrient over time

Lesotho
Mauritania

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2,152 tonnes against 1,918 tonnes in Mauritania, a difference of 234 tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Mauritania ahead.

Lesotho ranks 150th and Mauritania ranks 151st of 201 countries.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lesotho	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	310.14 tonnes	1,019 tonnes	708.71 tonnes	Mauritania
1980s	387.5 tonnes	1,086 tonnes	698.75 tonnes	Mauritania
1990s	1,356 tonnes	3,686 tonnes	2,331 tonnes	Mauritania
2000s	1,505 tonnes	1,530 tonnes	24.67 tonnes	Mauritania
2010s	2,226 tonnes	2,473 tonnes	247.1 tonnes	Mauritania
2020s	2,450 tonnes	2,634 tonnes	184 tonnes	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertilizer use by nutrient, Lesotho or Mauritania?: Lesotho, at 2,152 tonnes against 1,918 tonnes in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertilizer use by nutrient between Lesotho and Mauritania?: 234 tonnes, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Mauritania?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Mauritania rank globally for fertilizer use by nutrient?: Lesotho ranks 150th and Mauritania ranks 151st of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use by nutrient. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertilizer use by nutrient
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 10,271 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fertilizer use in the agricultural sector, which includes use for crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture.