Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita was 0.0833 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita in Mauritania is 0.0833 An per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.2795 An per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0833 An per person, in 2024.
That places Mauritania 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2795 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.2784 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.2758 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.2741 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 0.2721 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 0.2699 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.2674 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 0.2647 An per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.2629 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.256 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2205 An per person | -13.9% |
| 1972 | 0.184 An per person | -16.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1537 An per person | -16.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1209 An per person | -21.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1331 An per person | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1521 An per person | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1625 An per person | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 0.1651 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1675 An per person | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.1628 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 0.1615 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 0.1569 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1556 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1149 An per person | -26.2% |
| 1985 | 0.1234 An per person | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1427 An per person | +15.7% |
| 1987 | 0.1403 An per person | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1401 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.1435 An per person | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.1426 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.1388 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.1317 An per person | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 0.149 An per person | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 0.132 An per person | -11.4% |
| 1995 | 0.1311 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 0.1293 An per person | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1286 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.1273 An per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1279 An per person | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1263 An per person | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.1232 An per person | -2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1256 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1231 An per person | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.122 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.1208 An per person | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1195 An per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1029 An per person | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1015 An per person | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.114 An per person | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 0.1062 An per person | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 0.1028 An per person | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0995 An per person | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0964 An per person | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0948 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.1016 An per person | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.1032 An per person | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0986 An per person | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0943 An per person | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.093 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0918 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0902 An per person | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0864 An per person | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0848 An per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0833 An per person | -1.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0833 An per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0354 An per person, 2.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0833 An per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0425 An per person, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | -26.2% | 0.1556 An per person | 0.1149 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2717 An per person | 0.2629 An per person | 0.2795 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1716 An per person | 0.1209 An per person | 0.256 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1442 An per person | 0.1149 An per person | 0.1628 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1338 An per person | 0.1273 An per person | 0.149 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1179 An per person | 0.1015 An per person | 0.1263 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.099 An per person | 0.093 An per person | 0.1062 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0873 An per person | 0.0833 An per person | 0.0918 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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 raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita in Mauritania?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita in Mauritania was 0.0833 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2795 An per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0833 An per person in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 25th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.