Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 370,911 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Mauritania is 370,911 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 370,911 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 70,240 ha, in 1977.
That places Mauritania 99th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 246,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 246,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 252,600 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 252,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 307,600 ha | +21.8% |
| 1966 | 257,480 ha | -16.3% |
| 1967 | 257,480 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 258,138 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 288,012 ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 258,398 ha | -10.3% |
| 1971 | 268,830 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 209,160 ha | -22.2% |
| 1973 | 137,315 ha | -34.3% |
| 1974 | 167,510 ha | +22.0% |
| 1975 | 118,566 ha | -29.2% |
| 1976 | 80,337 ha | -32.2% |
| 1977 | 70,240 ha | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 120,140 ha | +71.0% |
| 1979 | 122,370 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 111,847 ha | -8.6% |
| 1981 | 141,779 ha | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 136,590 ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 102,610 ha | -24.9% |
| 1984 | 103,413 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 168,860 ha | +63.3% |
| 1986 | 181,460 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 150,170 ha | -17.2% |
| 1988 | 201,862 ha | +34.4% |
| 1989 | 193,452 ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 118,921 ha | -38.5% |
| 1991 | 156,051 ha | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 123,615 ha | -20.8% |
| 1993 | 198,688 ha | +60.7% |
| 1994 | 309,758 ha | +55.9% |
| 1995 | 287,006 ha | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 275,857 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 196,614 ha | -28.7% |
| 1998 | 211,870 ha | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 224,415 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 207,873 ha | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 194,281 ha | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 111,450 ha | -42.6% |
| 2003 | 226,096 ha | +102.9% |
| 2004 | 180,431 ha | -20.2% |
| 2005 | 203,017 ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 253,038 ha | +24.6% |
| 2007 | 258,435 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 247,506 ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 239,039 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 291,534 ha | +22.0% |
| 2011 | 144,844 ha | -50.3% |
| 2012 | 332,419 ha | +129.5% |
| 2013 | 260,450 ha | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 222,353 ha | -14.6% |
| 2015 | 250,249 ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 250,770 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 196,149 ha | -21.8% |
| 2018 | 287,780 ha | +46.7% |
| 2019 | 253,410 ha | -11.9% |
| 2020 | 310,938 ha | +22.7% |
| 2021 | 246,055 ha | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 362,899 ha | +47.5% |
| 2023 | 319,193 ha | -12.0% |
| 2024 | 370,911 ha | +16.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 370,911 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 777,524 ha, 48% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 370,911 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.26 million ha, 29% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 262,890 ha | 246,050 ha | 307,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 155,287 ha | 70,240 ha | 268,830 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 149,204 ha | 102,610 ha | 201,862 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 210,280 ha | 118,921 ha | 309,758 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,117 ha | 111,450 ha | 258,435 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 248,996 ha | 144,844 ha | 332,419 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 321,999 ha | 246,055 ha | 370,911 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3851 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Mauritania was 370,911 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 370,911 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,240 ha in 1977.
- How does Mauritania rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 99th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.