Carrots and turnips — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 19,524 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — yield in Mauritius is 19,524 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.0% on the previous year and up 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Mauritius peaked at 25,056 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 13,044 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Mauritius 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,074 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1963 | 24,038 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 16,143 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1965 | 25,056 kg/ha | +55.2% |
| 1966 | 23,580 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1967 | 24,219 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 22,114 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 22,692 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 23,472 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 22,667 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 18,355 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1973 | 22,658 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1974 | 19,750 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1975 | 18,696 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 16,268 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1977 | 15,879 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 13,395 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1979 | 14,936 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 14,057 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 14,208 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 16,591 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1983 | 15,000 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 16,429 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 17,000 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 17,791 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 17,857 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 15,417 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1989 | 16,532 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 18,033 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 15,776 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 15,823 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 18,862 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1994 | 18,610 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 17,590 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 16,707 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 18,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 14,622 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 14,282 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 16,854 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2001 | 16,732 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 16,994 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 15,775 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 15,493 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 15,015 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 15,634 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 15,934 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 15,113 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 19,380 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2010 | 14,700 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2011 | 16,432 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2012 | 13,858 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2013 | 13,888 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 13,887 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 13,562 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 17,210 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2017 | 14,568 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 13,622 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 14,859 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 13,565 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 13,044 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 13,504 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 16,549 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2024 | 19,524 kg/ha | +18.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 19,524 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,856 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 19,524 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,777 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,435 kg/ha | 16,143 kg/ha | 25,056 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,608 kg/ha | 13,395 kg/ha | 23,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,088 kg/ha | 14,057 kg/ha | 17,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,830 kg/ha | 14,282 kg/ha | 18,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,293 kg/ha | 15,015 kg/ha | 19,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,659 kg/ha | 13,562 kg/ha | 17,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,237 kg/ha | 13,044 kg/ha | 19,524 kg/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 — yield in Mauritius?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Mauritius was 19,524 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 25,056 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,044 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Mauritius rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 84th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.