Barley — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Barley — Yield was 3,093 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Mauritania is 3,093 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Mauritania peaked at 3,158 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1978.
Mauritania ranks 51st of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 687.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 666.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 750 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 761.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 772.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 782.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 833.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1979 | 666.7 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 687.5 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 882.4 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1982 | 911.8 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 914.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 944.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 972.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 972.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,025 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 1,015 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 1,053 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 882.4 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 1,013 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 1,026 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 1,077 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 882.4 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1998 | 1,452 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1999 | 2,000 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,982 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,495 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2011 | 2,571 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 2,647 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,720 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 2,804 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,857 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,918 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 2,977 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 3,034 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,096 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 3,158 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3,062 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 3,081 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,090 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 3,093 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 3,093 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 3,093 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,093 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +64.6% | 882.4 kg/ha | 1,452 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -40.0% | 833.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +37.7% | 1,452 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +33.3% | 500 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +28.3% | 687.5 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha |
| 2010 | +25.8% | 1,982 kg/ha | 2,495 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 675.02 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 710.89 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 928.48 kg/ha | 687.5 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,142 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,996 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 2,812 kg/ha | 2,495 kg/ha | 3,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,097 kg/ha | 3,062 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Mauritania?
- Barley — yield in Mauritania was 3,093 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,158 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Mauritania rank for barley — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 51st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.