Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Mauritania
Mauritania: Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity was 2.99 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Mauritania, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Mauritania stood at 2.99 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Mauritania peaked at 4.31 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.99 kg/cap, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 60th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.31 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 4.27 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 4.15 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 4.04 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 3.9 kg/cap | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 3.79 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 3.67 kg/cap | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.57 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 3.46 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 3.36 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.26 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 3.17 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 3.08 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.99 kg/cap | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.85 kg/cap | 3.36 kg/cap | 4.31 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.12 kg/cap | 2.99 kg/cap | 3.26 kg/cap | 4 |
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More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -12.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0004 t per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, annual growth rate -49.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import value, per capita 0.0002 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 238 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Mauritania?
- Freshwater fish — food supply quantity in Mauritania was 2.99 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.31 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.99 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for freshwater fish — food supply quantity?
- Mauritania ranks 60th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply quantity rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.