Egg consumption per capita rose 12.4% to 2.26 kg in Mauritania in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, egg consumption per capita in Mauritania reached an all time high of 3.31 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 1.37 kg in 1965. When compared to Mauritania's main peers, egg consumption per capita in Algeria amounted to 6.35 kg, 0.560 kg in Mali, 8.74 kg in Morocco and 2.30 kg in Senegal in 2020.
Mauritania has been ranked 120th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of egg consumption per capita, 12 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Egg Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | kg | 8.81 | 8.70 | 7.21 | 6.77 | 6.83 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | kg | 2.08 | 1.98 | 1.78 | 2.06 | 1.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | kg | 0.710 | 0.660 | 1.19 | 0.900 | 5.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | kg | 1.52 | 1.73 | 1.93 | 2.07 | 2.25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | kg | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 9.51 | |||||||
| Mali | kg | 0.820 | 0.500 | 0.490 | 0.450 | 0.660 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kg | 2.51 | 5.52 | 5.07 | 5.94 | 4.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | kg | 7.17 | 6.07 | 8.75 | 8.79 | 8.89 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | kg | 0.300 | 0.280 | 0.260 | 0.250 | 0.240 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | kg | 1.68 | 1.76 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kg | 13.9 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 15.0 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kg | 8.77 | 7.80 | 7.56 | 7.77 | 7.57 |
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