Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 471 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 471 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.8% on the previous year and up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 719 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 1961.
Mauritius ranks 94th of 133 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.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20 ha | — |
| 1962 | 27 ha | +35.0% |
| 1963 | 26 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 21 ha | -19.2% |
| 1965 | 36 ha | +71.4% |
| 1966 | 50 ha | +38.9% |
| 1967 | 32 ha | -36.0% |
| 1968 | 35 ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 26 ha | -25.7% |
| 1970 | 36 ha | +38.5% |
| 1971 | 42 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 31 ha | -26.2% |
| 1973 | 38 ha | +22.6% |
| 1974 | 52 ha | +36.8% |
| 1975 | 56 ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 41 ha | -26.8% |
| 1977 | 33 ha | -19.5% |
| 1978 | 43 ha | +30.3% |
| 1979 | 31 ha | -27.9% |
| 1980 | 35 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 24 ha | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 22 ha | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 31 ha | +40.9% |
| 1984 | 35 ha | +12.9% |
| 1985 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 43 ha | +22.9% |
| 1987 | 49 ha | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 48 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 62 ha | +29.2% |
| 1990 | 61 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 58 ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 79 ha | +36.2% |
| 1993 | 116 ha | +46.8% |
| 1994 | 141 ha | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 178 ha | +26.2% |
| 1996 | 188 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 271 ha | +44.1% |
| 1998 | 230 ha | -15.1% |
| 1999 | 429 ha | +86.5% |
| 2000 | 680 ha | +58.5% |
| 2001 | 719 ha | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 509 ha | -29.2% |
| 2003 | 320 ha | -37.1% |
| 2004 | 377 ha | +17.8% |
| 2005 | 262 ha | -30.5% |
| 2006 | 265 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 304 ha | +14.7% |
| 2008 | 310 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 384 ha | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 370 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 322 ha | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 325 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 358 ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 319 ha | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 309 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 298 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 317 ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 357 ha | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 354 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 262 ha | -26.0% |
| 2021 | 321 ha | +22.5% |
| 2022 | 337 ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 433 ha | +28.5% |
| 2024 | 471 ha | +8.8% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 471 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 17% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 471 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,334 ha, 14% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.33 ha | 20 ha | 50 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40.3 ha | 31 ha | 56 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38.4 ha | 22 ha | 62 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 175.1 ha | 58 ha | 429 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 413 ha | 262 ha | 719 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 332.9 ha | 298 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 364.8 ha | 262 ha | 471 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Mauritius was 471 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 719 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 1961.
- How does Mauritius rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 94th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.