Nutritional impact: Mauritania - Wheat - 2015


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Mauritania Male, 9-13 years, Mauritania
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 1,409,850,717 kcal 1,661 0.037 1,690 0.618
Carbohydrate 253,860 kg 1,914 0.042 1,948 0.712
Protein 53,626 kg 4,430 0.098 5,370 2.0
Fat 9,514 kg 366.2 0.008 373.3 0.136
Fibre, total dietary 46,707 kg 3,949 0.087 4,000 1.5
Calcium, Ca 129.7 kg 427.6 0.009 323.1 0.118
Iron, Fe 20.3 kg 5,991 0.132 6,292 2.3
Zinc, Zn 7.4 kg 2,120 0.047 2,055 0.751
Folate, total 0.195 kg 1,972 0.043 2,133 0.779
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Mauritania 4,540,072
Total population - Mauritania;
Male, 9-13 years
273,711

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Wheat: production - Mauritania, 2015 3,360,000 kg
Wheat: losses - Mauritania, 2015 432,470 kg

Data version 2.19.3