Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Vegetable Oils — Food supply was 596,428 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetable oils — food supply in Mauritania stood at 596,428 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 37.9% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 596,428 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 407,811 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Mauritania 114th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 407,811 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 428,922 million Kcal | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 566,133 million Kcal | +32.0% |
| 2013 | 500,864 million Kcal | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 459,572 million Kcal | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 441,334 million Kcal | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 439,586 million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 504,678 million Kcal | +14.8% |
| 2018 | 482,296 million Kcal | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 454,754 million Kcal | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 461,490 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 423,261 million Kcal | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 432,634 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 596,428 million Kcal | +37.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 596,428 million Kcal is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.25 million million Kcal, 48% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 596,428 million Kcal is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 889,050 million Kcal, 67% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 468,595 million Kcal | 407,811 million Kcal | 566,133 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 478,453 million Kcal | 423,261 million Kcal | 596,428 million Kcal | 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 vegetable oils — food supply in Mauritania?
- Vegetable oils — food supply in Mauritania was 596,428 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 596,428 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 407,811 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for vegetable oils — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 114th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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 Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.