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
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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

Indicator
Cereal yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per hectare.