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Lesotho vs Mauritania: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Lesotho
2,152 tonnes
in 2023
Mauritania
1,918 tonnes
in 2023
Lesotho rank
150th
Mauritania rank
151st

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Lesotho
  • Mauritania
02.0k4.0k6.0k196119922023

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.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrogen fertilizer use
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

Measures total nitrogen inputs, including synthetic fertilizers alongside organic inputs from manure and crop fixation. Measured in tonnes of nitrogen.