Maize and products — Food in Mauritania
Mauritania: Maize and products — Food was 29 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food in Mauritania stood at 29 1000 t.
That represents a change of down 31.0% on the previous year and up 222.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Mauritania peaked at 42 1000 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9 1000 t, in 2013.
Mauritania ranks 115th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 13 1000 t | -31.6% |
| 2012 | 29 1000 t | +123.1% |
| 2013 | 9 1000 t | -69.0% |
| 2014 | 10 1000 t | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 14 1000 t | +40.0% |
| 2016 | 13 1000 t | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 14 1000 t | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 15 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 30 1000 t | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 25 1000 t | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 29 1000 t | +16.0% |
| 2022 | 42 1000 t | +44.8% |
| 2023 | 29 1000 t | -31.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 29 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 187 1000 t, 16% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 29 1000 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 224 1000 t, 13% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16.6 1000 t | 9 1000 t | 30 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.25 1000 t | 25 1000 t | 42 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 114 Trinidad and Tobago 32 1000 t compare
- 115 Cabo Verde 29 1000 t compare
- 115 Latvia 29 1000 t compare
- 118 Kazakhstan 27 1000 t 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 maize and products — food in Mauritania?
- Maize and products — food in Mauritania was 29 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 42 1000 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Mauritania rank for maize and products — food?
- Mauritania ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 222.2%. 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 Maize and products — Food. 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.