Maize and products — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Maize and products — Food supply was 98,684 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food supply in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 98,684 million Kcal for maize and products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 30.0% on the previous year and up 231.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 140,981 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29,765 million Kcal, in 2013.
That places Mauritania 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 59,189 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 40,961 million Kcal | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 93,725 million Kcal | +128.8% |
| 2013 | 29,765 million Kcal | -68.2% |
| 2014 | 32,313 million Kcal | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 43,823 million Kcal | +35.6% |
| 2016 | 42,051 million Kcal | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 43,939 million Kcal | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 49,298 million Kcal | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 96,188 million Kcal | +95.1% |
| 2020 | 81,065 million Kcal | -15.7% |
| 2021 | 98,347 million Kcal | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 140,981 million Kcal | +43.4% |
| 2023 | 98,684 million Kcal | -30.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 53,125 million Kcal | 29,765 million Kcal | 96,188 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 104,769 million Kcal | 81,065 million Kcal | 140,981 million Kcal | 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply in Mauritania?
- Maize and products — food supply in Mauritania was 98,684 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 140,981 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,765 million Kcal in 2013.
- How does Mauritania rank for maize and products — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 231.5%. 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 Maize and products — Food supply (kcal). 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.