Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value was 55.3 % in 2021. ▼ Falling
Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value in Mauritania, 2000–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mauritania stood at 55.3 %. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mauritania peaked at 83.8 % in 2009 and was at its lowest, 55.3 %, in 2021.
That places Mauritania 70th out of 172 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 68.6 % | 60.4 % | 83.8 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.81 % | 62.3 % | 74.1 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 57.15 % | 55.3 % | 59 % | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture share gdp 19.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 2.05 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.33 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.54 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mauritania?
- Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value in Mauritania was 55.3 % in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 83.8 % in 2009.
- What is the lowest cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.3 % in 2021.
- How does Mauritania rank for cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value?
- Mauritania ranks 70th out of 172 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — value rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereal import dependency ratio (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.