Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritania
Mauritania: Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight was 82 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Mauritania is 82 kg/An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Mauritania peaked at 113 kg/An in 1961 and was at its lowest, 78 kg/An, in 2015.
Mauritania ranks 178th of 185 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 113 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 113 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 110 kg/An | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 106 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 106 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 102 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 1975 | 104 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 105 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 107 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 108 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 109 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 108 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 108 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 109 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 110 kg/An | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 104 kg/An | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 105 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 109 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 109 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 107 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 107 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 106 kg/An | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 94 kg/An | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 93 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 100 kg/An | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 94 kg/An | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 94 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 89 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 89 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 90 kg/An | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 90 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 87 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 87 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 86 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 85 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 85 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 85 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 92 kg/An | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 91 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 82 kg/An | -9.9% |
| 2011 | 81 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 81 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 81 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 89 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 78 kg/An | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 86 kg/An | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 86 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 82 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 82 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 82 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 81 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 82 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 82 kg/An | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 82 kg/An is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 496.5 kg/An, 17% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 82 kg/An is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 236 kg/An, 35% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113 kg/An | 113 kg/An | 113 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 107 kg/An | 102 kg/An | 113 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 107.6 kg/An | 104 kg/An | 110 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 93.8 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 87.8 kg/An | 85 kg/An | 92 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.1 kg/An | 78 kg/An | 89 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.8 kg/An | 81 kg/An | 82 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0865 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 7.47 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Mauritania?
- Milk, total — yield/carcass weight in Mauritania was 82 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 113 kg/An in 1961.
- What is the lowest milk, total — yield/carcass weight recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 78 kg/An in 2015.
- How does Mauritania rank for milk, total — yield/carcass weight?
- Mauritania ranks 178th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk, total — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.