Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity was 416 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 416 1000 t for sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.3% on the previous year and up 389.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity in Mauritania peaked at 516 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 85 1000 t, in 2013.
Mauritania ranks 47th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 215 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 220 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 136 1000 t | -38.2% |
| 2013 | 85 1000 t | -37.5% |
| 2014 | 368 1000 t | +332.9% |
| 2015 | 427 1000 t | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 299 1000 t | -30.0% |
| 2017 | 516 1000 t | +72.6% |
| 2018 | 197 1000 t | -61.8% |
| 2019 | 512 1000 t | +159.9% |
| 2020 | 455 1000 t | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 351 1000 t | -22.9% |
| 2022 | 497 1000 t | +41.6% |
| 2023 | 416 1000 t | -16.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 416 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 131 1000 t, 3.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 416 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94 1000 t, 4.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +332.9% | 85 1000 t | 368 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 297.5 1000 t | 85 1000 t | 516 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 429.75 1000 t | 351 1000 t | 497 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 44 Lao People's Democratic Republic 430 1000 t compare
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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 sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity in Mauritania?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity in Mauritania was 416 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 516 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Mauritania rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity?
- Mauritania ranks 47th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — import quantity rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 389.4%. 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 Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Import quantity. 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.