Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 129 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 129 ha for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 227 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 21 ha, in 1987.
That places Mauritius 74th out of 97 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80 ha | — |
| 1962 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 66 ha | -26.7% |
| 1964 | 76 ha | +15.2% |
| 1965 | 71 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 47 ha | -33.8% |
| 1967 | 72 ha | +53.2% |
| 1968 | 50 ha | -30.6% |
| 1969 | 41 ha | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 40 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 25 ha | -37.5% |
| 1972 | 28 ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 36 ha | +28.6% |
| 1974 | 75 ha | +108.3% |
| 1975 | 49 ha | -34.7% |
| 1976 | 31 ha | -36.7% |
| 1977 | 26 ha | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 22 ha | -26.7% |
| 1980 | 24 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 32 ha | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 29 ha | -9.4% |
| 1983 | 31 ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 42 ha | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 32 ha | -23.8% |
| 1986 | 34 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 21 ha | -38.2% |
| 1988 | 55 ha | +161.9% |
| 1989 | 52 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 69 ha | +32.7% |
| 1991 | 52 ha | -24.6% |
| 1992 | 61 ha | +17.3% |
| 1993 | 68 ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 107 ha | +57.4% |
| 1995 | 116 ha | +8.4% |
| 1996 | 177 ha | +52.6% |
| 1997 | 171 ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 227 ha | +32.7% |
| 1999 | 64 ha | -71.8% |
| 2000 | 120 ha | +87.5% |
| 2001 | 106 ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 104 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 104 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 127 ha | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 91 ha | -28.3% |
| 2006 | 75 ha | -17.6% |
| 2007 | 82 ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 62 ha | -24.4% |
| 2009 | 73 ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 70 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 92 ha | +31.4% |
| 2012 | 94 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 120 ha | +27.7% |
| 2014 | 138 ha | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 118 ha | -14.5% |
| 2016 | 125 ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 123 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 100 ha | -18.7% |
| 2019 | 71 ha | -29.0% |
| 2020 | 86 ha | +21.1% |
| 2021 | 99 ha | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 95 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 134 ha | +41.1% |
| 2024 | 129 ha | -3.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 129 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 994.5 ha, 13% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 129 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 82 ha, 1.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.89 ha | 41 ha | 90 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36.2 ha | 22 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35.2 ha | 21 ha | 55 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 111.2 ha | 52 ha | 227 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.4 ha | 62 ha | 127 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.1 ha | 70 ha | 138 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 108.6 ha | 86 ha | 134 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Mauritius was 129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 227 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 ha in 1987.
- How does Mauritius rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 74th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.