Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 107 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 107 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 245.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 107 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1981.
Mauritius ranks 89th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.22 ha | 14 ha | 63 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.1 ha | 9 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.7 ha | 3 ha | 23 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.7 ha | 8 ha | 15 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.4 ha | 9 ha | 30 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.9 ha | 24 ha | 71 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.4 ha | 37 ha | 107 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 86 Guadeloupe 155 ha compare
- 87 Trinidad and Tobago 149 ha compare
- 88 Martinique 141 ha compare
- 90 Bhutan 82 ha compare
- 91 Puerto Rico 70 ha compare
- 92 Belize 62 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mauritius was 107 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 107 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1981.
- How does Mauritius rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 89th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 245.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.