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Mauritania (MRT)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment8.71072023
Cereal yield1,5371432024
Agricultural land38.531022023
Food production index116.51542022
Employment in agriculture32.121332025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment8.7 %107 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield1,537 kg/ha143 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land38.53 %102 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index116.51 index54 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture32.12 %133 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Lebanon, Mauritius, Nigeria, Algeria, Marshall Islands, Jamaica, Mexico, Sudan