Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania
Mauritania: Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.011 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania, 1995–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.011 ha per square kilometre for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania peaked at 0.011 ha per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0037 ha per square kilometre, in 1995.
Mauritania ranks 90th of 114 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1996 | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | +63.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0073 ha per square kilometre | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0084 ha per square kilometre | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0098 ha per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0099 ha per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0096 ha per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0094 ha per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0093 ha per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0102 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.011 ha per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3191 ha per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.011 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1773 ha per square kilometre, 6% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +63.2% | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.006 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.007 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | 0.0093 ha per square kilometre | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | 0.0107 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 0.0108 ha per square kilometre | 0.011 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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 beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania?
- Beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania was 0.011 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.011 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0037 ha per square kilometre in 1995.
- How does Mauritania rank for beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 90th out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beans, dry — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Beans, dry — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Beans, dry — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.