Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius
Mauritius: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita was 0 tonnes per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0 tonnes per person
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
136th
of 178 countries
All-time high
0.0048 tonnes per person
in 2014
All-time low
0 tonnes per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius stood at 0 tonnes per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius peaked at 0.0048 tonnes per person in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 2023.
That places Mauritius 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0044 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0043 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0042 tonnes per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0041 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 0.004 tonnes per person | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0026 tonnes per person | -34.7% |
| 1967 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | +47.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0025 tonnes per person | -34.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0037 tonnes per person | +47.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -34.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0035 tonnes per person | +47.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0023 tonnes per person | -34.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0034 tonnes per person | +47.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0034 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0033 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0033 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 0.0041 tonnes per person | +31.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0031 tonnes per person | -26.1% |
| 1982 | 0.003 tonnes per person | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.003 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.003 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0029 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0029 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0029 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0029 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | +32.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0038 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0037 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0028 tonnes per person | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0036 tonnes per person | +31.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0036 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0027 tonnes per person | -25.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0035 tonnes per person | +32.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0026 tonnes per person | -25.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0026 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0034 tonnes per person | +31.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0034 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0025 tonnes per person | -25.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0025 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.0025 tonnes per person | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0025 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | +32.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 0.004 tonnes per person | +24.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | -20.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -50.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0032 tonnes per person | +99.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0048 tonnes per person | +49.7% |
| 2015 | 0.004 tonnes per person | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 0.004 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.004 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -40.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0024 tonnes per person | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0 tonnes per person | -100.0% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0026 tonnes per person. (55 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 0 tonnes per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0001 tonnes per person. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +99.5% | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0032 tonnes per person |
| 2023 | -100.0% | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person |
| 2014 | +49.7% | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 0.0048 tonnes per person |
| 2012 | -50.1% | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person |
| 1972 | +47.7% | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 0.0035 tonnes per person |
| 1974 | +47.7% | 0.0023 tonnes per person | 0.0034 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0037 tonnes per person | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 0.0044 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.003 tonnes per person | 0.0023 tonnes per person | 0.0035 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 0.0029 tonnes per person | 0.0041 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 0.0038 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 0.0034 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0033 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0048 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 4 |
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- 136 Djibouti 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Kiribati 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Lesotho 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Maldives 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
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- 136 Malawi 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Niger 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Papua New Guinea 0 tonnes per person
- 136 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Rwanda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Seychelles 0 tonnes per person
- 136 Togo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 East Timor 0 tonnes per person compare
- 136 Tonga 0 tonnes per person
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius?
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita in Mauritius was 0 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0048 tonnes per person in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 2023.
- How does Mauritius rank for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita?
- Mauritius ranks 136th out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.