Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sweet potatoes — Food supply was 9,220 million Kcal in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — 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 sweet potatoes — food supply in Mauritania is 9,220 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 16.0% on the previous year and up 352.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 9,895 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,959 million Kcal, in 2012.
Mauritania ranks 61st of 156 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,415 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 2,447 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,959 million Kcal | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 2,036 million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 2,115 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 2,178 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,233 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 3,152 million Kcal | +41.1% |
| 2018 | 2,366 million Kcal | -24.9% |
| 2019 | 6,771 million Kcal | +186.2% |
| 2020 | 9,895 million Kcal | +46.1% |
| 2021 | 8,669 million Kcal | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 7,948 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 9,220 million Kcal | +16.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,767 million Kcal | 1,959 million Kcal | 6,771 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,933 million Kcal | 7,948 million Kcal | 9,895 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food supply in Mauritania?
- Sweet potatoes — food supply in Mauritania was 9,220 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 9,895 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,959 million Kcal in 2012.
- How does Mauritania rank for sweet potatoes — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 61st out of 156 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 352.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.