Mauritania Weekly Staple Food Prices Collected by FEWS NET Since 2002

FEWS NET has collected weekly staple food price data for Mauritania since 2002. The dataset is available in CSV, XLSX, and JSON formats under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It was last updated on March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling staple food price volatility over time based on weekly collection frequency.
• Assessing food security and market access conditions in Mauritania based on price data.
• Conducting time-series analysis of economic indicators for staple commodities.
• Benchmarking regional market prices for agricultural policy research.

Strengths

• Data collection began in 2002, providing a long-term time-series.
• Available in three common formats: CSV, XLSX, and JSON.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-03-26 10:10:02.446836; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

FEWS NET

Collection Method

Weekly data collection by FEWS NET.

Time Range

Since 2002.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 10:10:02.446836.

Geography

Mauritania