Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 11,362 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 11,362 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 11,362 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,800 ha, in 1995.
Mauritania ranks 69th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 3,800 ha | — |
| 1996 | 6,200 ha | +63.2% |
| 1997 | 7,500 ha | +21.0% |
| 1998 | 8,700 ha | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 10,130 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 11,164 ha | +11.6% |
| 2003 | 10,979 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 10,445 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 10,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 10,198 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 9,939 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 9,728 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 9,623 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 10,012 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 10,289 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 10,472 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 10,656 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 10,260 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 10,663 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 10,974 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 10,997 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 10,961 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 11,051 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 11,111 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 11,275 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 11,256 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 11,306 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 11,362 ha | +0.5% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 11,362 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 58,254 ha, 20% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 11,362 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 12% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested 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% | 3,800 ha | 6,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,240 ha | 3,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 10,256 ha | 9,623 ha | 11,164 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,634 ha | 10,012 ha | 11,051 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,262 ha | 11,111 ha | 11,362 ha | 5 |
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 in Mauritania?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Mauritania was 11,362 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 11,362 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 1995.
- How does Mauritania rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 69th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. 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.