Mauritania vs Sierra Leone: Groundnut yields
Mauritania
0.7846 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.8077 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Mauritania rank
95th
Sierra Leone rank
93rd
Groundnut yields over time
- Mauritania
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.8077 tonnes per hectare against 0.7846 tonnes per hectare in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0231 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Mauritania ranks 95th and Sierra Leone ranks 93rd of 119 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4883 tonnes per hectare | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.734 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 0.5591 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.5571 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 0.7112 tonnes per hectare | 0.8855 tonnes per hectare | 0.1743 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 0.7526 tonnes per hectare | 0.9447 tonnes per hectare | 0.1922 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.7982 tonnes per hectare | 0.7435 tonnes per hectare | 0.0547 tonnes per hectare | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.7993 tonnes per hectare | 0.9383 tonnes per hectare | 0.139 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.7801 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | 0.5064 tonnes per hectare | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher groundnut yields, Mauritania or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.8077 tonnes per hectare against 0.7846 tonnes per hectare in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in groundnut yields between Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0231 tonnes per hectare, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Sierra Leone?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Sierra Leone rank globally for groundnut yields?
- Mauritania ranks 95th and Sierra Leone ranks 93rd of 119 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 Groundnut yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.