Sweets and sugars — Phosphorus supply — Value in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sweets and sugars — Phosphorus supply — Value was 17 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Phosphorus supply — Value in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value in Mauritania is 17 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value in Mauritania peaked at 20 mg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9 mg/cap/d, in 2016.
Mauritania ranks 98th of 163 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.
Sweets and sugars — Phosphorus supply — Value in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 13 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 mg/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 13 mg/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 13 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 11 mg/cap/d | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 9 mg/cap/d | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 9 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 mg/cap/d | +66.7% |
| 2019 | 11 mg/cap/d | -26.7% |
| 2020 | 17 mg/cap/d | +54.5% |
| 2021 | 20 mg/cap/d | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 17 mg/cap/d | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 17 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 17 mg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13 mg/cap/d, 1.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 17 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8 mg/cap/d, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.2 mg/cap/d | 9 mg/cap/d | 15 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.75 mg/cap/d | 17 mg/cap/d | 20 mg/cap/d | 4 |
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 sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value in Mauritania?
- Sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value in Mauritania was 17 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 20 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 mg/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Mauritania rank for sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value?
- Mauritania ranks 98th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — phosphorus supply — value rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Phosphorus supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.