Sorghum and products — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 211,053 million Kcal in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sorghum 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Mauritania is 211,053 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 31.0% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 310,491 million Kcal in 2012 and was at its lowest, 60,796 million Kcal, in 2011.
Mauritania ranks 19th of 69 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 288,291 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 60,796 million Kcal | -78.9% |
| 2012 | 310,491 million Kcal | +410.7% |
| 2013 | 223,681 million Kcal | -28.0% |
| 2014 | 142,277 million Kcal | -36.4% |
| 2015 | 164,791 million Kcal | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 192,380 million Kcal | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 197,571 million Kcal | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 196,478 million Kcal | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 166,762 million Kcal | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 228,176 million Kcal | +36.8% |
| 2021 | 126,644 million Kcal | -44.5% |
| 2022 | 305,905 million Kcal | +141.5% |
| 2023 | 211,053 million Kcal | -31.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 194,352 million Kcal | 60,796 million Kcal | 310,491 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 217,944 million Kcal | 126,644 million Kcal | 305,905 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 sorghum and products — food supply in Mauritania?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Mauritania was 211,053 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 310,491 million Kcal in 2012.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,796 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Mauritania rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 19th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum 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.