Grand Total — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,909 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 2,909 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 2,955 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,854 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Mauritania ranks 95th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Grand Total — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,854 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,890 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2,945 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 2,918 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 2,914 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,892 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,862 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,870 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,895 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2,894 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,895 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,888 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,955 kcal/cap/d | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 2,909 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,893 kcal/cap/d | 2,854 kcal/cap/d | 2,945 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,912 kcal/cap/d | 2,888 kcal/cap/d | 2,955 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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 grand total — food supply in Mauritania?
- Grand total — food supply in Mauritania was 2,909 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,955 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,854 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for grand total — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 95th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.