Potatoes and products — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 28,446 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Mauritania is 28,446 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 30,717 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,326 million Kcal, in 2019.
Mauritania ranks 115th of 164 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.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,070 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 18,745 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 19,590 million Kcal | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 20,336 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 21,180 million Kcal | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 21,839 million Kcal | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 22,359 million Kcal | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 23,190 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 23,864 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 12,326 million Kcal | -48.3% |
| 2020 | 28,606 million Kcal | +132.1% |
| 2021 | 27,968 million Kcal | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 30,717 million Kcal | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 28,446 million Kcal | -7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20,150 million Kcal | 12,326 million Kcal | 23,864 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,934 million Kcal | 27,968 million Kcal | 30,717 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)
- 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 potatoes and products — food supply in Mauritania?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Mauritania was 28,446 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 30,717 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,326 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does Mauritania rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 115th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. 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 Potatoes 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.