Horses — Stocks in Mauritania
Mauritania: Horses — Stocks was 33,836 LSU in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Horses — Stocks in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 33,836 LSU for horses — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Mauritania peaked at 33,836 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,000 LSU, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 67th of 164 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.
Horses — Stocks in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,500 LSU | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 5,650 LSU | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 5,750 LSU | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 7,500 LSU | +30.4% |
| 1967 | 10,000 LSU | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 8,000 LSU | -20.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,000 LSU | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 9,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 LSU | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 7,500 LSU | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 6,500 LSU | -13.3% |
| 1975 | 7,000 LSU | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 7,500 LSU | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 7,000 LSU | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 6,500 LSU | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 6,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 LSU | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 7,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,500 LSU | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 8,000 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 8,050 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 8,100 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 8,200 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 8,300 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 8,550 LSU | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 8,750 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 8,900 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 9,050 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 9,200 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 9,305 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 9,525 LSU | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 9,680 LSU | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 12,430 LSU | +28.4% |
| 1998 | 15,180 LSU | +22.1% |
| 1999 | 17,930 LSU | +18.1% |
| 2000 | 20,680 LSU | +15.3% |
| 2001 | 23,430 LSU | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 26,180 LSU | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 28,930 LSU | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 31,500 LSU | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 31,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 32,000 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 32,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 32,500 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 32,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 32,504 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 32,508 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 32,514 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 32,532 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 32,555 LSU | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 33,592 LSU | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 33,578 LSU | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 33,706 LSU | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 33,836 LSU | +0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 33,836 LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,567 LSU, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 33,836 LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,828 LSU, 4.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — Stocks in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +33.3% | 7,500 LSU | 10,000 LSU |
| 1966 | +30.4% | 5,750 LSU | 7,500 LSU |
| 1997 | +28.4% | 9,680 LSU | 12,430 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,711 LSU | 5,000 LSU | 10,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,450 LSU | 6,500 LSU | 9,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,720 LSU | 6,500 LSU | 8,550 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,995 LSU | 8,750 LSU | 17,930 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,122 LSU | 20,680 LSU | 32,500 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,511 LSU | 32,500 LSU | 32,555 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,678 LSU | 33,578 LSU | 33,836 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 64 Belgium-Luxembourg 39,000 LSU compare
- 65 Egypt 34,633 LSU compare
- 66 Azerbaijan 34,499 LSU compare
- 68 Lesotho 33,058 LSU compare
- 69 Iceland 32,278 LSU compare
- 70 Switzerland 31,257 LSU compare
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.4893 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Mauritania?
- Horses — stocks in Mauritania was 33,836 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 33,836 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for horses — stocks?
- Mauritania ranks 67th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. 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 Horses — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.