Gambia vs Mauritania: Starchy Roots — Food supply
Starchy Roots — Food supply over time
- Gambia
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 21.9 kcal/cap/d against 18.89 kcal/cap/d in Gambia, a difference of 3.01 kcal/cap/d.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 161st and Mauritania ranks 158th of 164 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.48 kcal/cap/d | 17.81 kcal/cap/d | 2.67 kcal/cap/d | Gambia |
| 2020s | 18.24 kcal/cap/d | 23.01 kcal/cap/d | 4.77 kcal/cap/d | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher starchy roots — food supply, Gambia or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 21.9 kcal/cap/d against 18.89 kcal/cap/d in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in starchy roots — food supply between Gambia and Mauritania?
- 3.01 kcal/cap/d, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Mauritania?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Mauritania rank globally for starchy roots — food supply?
- Gambia ranks 161st and Mauritania ranks 158th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.