All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Mauritania
Mauritania: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) was 665 μg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in μg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Mauritania is 665 μg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Mauritania peaked at 780 μg/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 595 μg/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Mauritania 126th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol) in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | μg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 595 μg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 600 μg/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 623 μg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 664 μg/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 674 μg/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 646 μg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 681 μg/cap/d | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 714 μg/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 780 μg/cap/d | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 739 μg/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 751 μg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 720 μg/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 696 μg/cap/d | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 665 μg/cap/d | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 671.6 μg/cap/d | 595 μg/cap/d | 780 μg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 708 μg/cap/d | 665 μg/cap/d | 751 μg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 123 Bangladesh 685 μg/cap/d compare
- 124 Niger 677 μg/cap/d compare
- 125 Saudi Arabia 674 μg/cap/d compare
- 127 Malaysia 664 μg/cap/d compare
- 128 Costa Rica 661 μg/cap/d compare
- 128 Lebanon 661 μg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Mauritania?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) in Mauritania was 665 μg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 780 μg/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 595 μg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol)?
- Mauritania ranks 126th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — vitamin a supply (retinol) rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Vitamin A supply (retinol equivalents) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.