Yams — Food supply in Mauritania
Mauritania: Yams — Food supply was 2,471 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Food supply in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 2,471 million Kcal for yams — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Mauritania peaked at 2,611 million Kcal in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,233 million Kcal, in 2010.
Mauritania ranks 35th of 96 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.
Yams — Food supply in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,233 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 2,300 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 2,369 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 2,440 million Kcal | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 2,536 million Kcal | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 2,611 million Kcal | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,611 million Kcal | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,429 million Kcal | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 2,441 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,446 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,451 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,450 million Kcal | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,463 million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,471 million Kcal | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,442 million Kcal | 2,233 million Kcal | 2,611 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,459 million Kcal | 2,450 million Kcal | 2,471 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 32 China, Taiwan Province of 3,735 million Kcal compare
- 33 United Arab Emirates 2,669 million Kcal compare
- 34 Tonga 2,536 million Kcal compare
- 36 Pakistan 2,439 million Kcal compare
- 37 Sao Tome and Principe 1,509 million Kcal compare
- 38 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,393 million Kcal compare
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 yams — food supply in Mauritania?
- Yams — food supply in Mauritania was 2,471 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,611 million Kcal in 2015.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,233 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Mauritania rank for yams — food supply?
- Mauritania ranks 35th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. 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 Yams — 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.