Mauritius vs United States: Cereal yields
Mauritius
11.89 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
United States
8.41 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mauritius rank
6th
United States rank
9th
Cereal yields over time
- Mauritius
- United States
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 11.89 tonnes per hectare against 8.41 tonnes per hectare in United States, a difference of 3.48 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Mauritius's figure about 1.4 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.
Mauritius ranks 6th and United States ranks 9th of 185 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritius averaged higher in 2 and United States in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritius | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.86 tonnes per hectare | 2.95 tonnes per hectare | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1970s | 2.83 tonnes per hectare | 3.67 tonnes per hectare | 0.8384 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1980s | 3.54 tonnes per hectare | 4.27 tonnes per hectare | 0.7327 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 1990s | 4.42 tonnes per hectare | 5.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.6821 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2000s | 7.72 tonnes per hectare | 6.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 4.46 tonnes per hectare | 7.52 tonnes per hectare | 3.05 tonnes per hectare | United States |
| 2020s | 10.08 tonnes per hectare | 8.24 tonnes per hectare | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Mauritius or United States?
- Mauritius, at 11.89 tonnes per hectare against 8.41 tonnes per hectare in United States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Mauritius and United States?
- 3.48 tonnes per hectare, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritius and United States?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mauritius and United States rank globally for cereal yields?
- Mauritius ranks 6th and United States ranks 9th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.