Cereals, primary — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,537 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Mauritania is 1,537 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.4% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Mauritania peaked at 2,036 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 206.8 kg/ha, in 1971.
Mauritania ranks 138th of 178 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 369.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 378.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 374.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 376.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 340.5 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1966 | 369.3 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 374.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 387.3 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 399.1 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 343 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1971 | 206.8 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1972 | 209.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 217 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 330.2 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1975 | 435.7 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1976 | 558.8 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1977 | 414.3 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1978 | 328.2 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1979 | 308.1 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 422.3 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1981 | 420.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 451.1 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1983 | 464.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 501.3 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 638.7 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1986 | 699.1 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 1,011 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1988 | 863.2 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1989 | 949.8 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 869.8 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 673.7 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1992 | 862.1 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1993 | 849 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 667.8 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1995 | 772.3 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1996 | 849.6 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 782.1 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 894.5 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 864.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 864.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 639.1 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2002 | 1,012 kg/ha | +58.3% |
| 2003 | 797.7 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2004 | 637.5 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2005 | 841.2 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2006 | 661.3 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2007 | 705.8 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 765.8 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 713.3 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 955.2 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2011 | 1,374 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2012 | 1,034 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 1,197 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 1,679 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2015 | 1,263 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2016 | 1,232 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,910 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 2018 | 1,506 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2019 | 1,391 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 1,322 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 2,036 kg/ha | +54.0% |
| 2022 | 1,499 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 2023 | 1,817 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2024 | 1,537 kg/ha | -15.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1,537 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1,537 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 374.48 kg/ha | 340.5 kg/ha | 399.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 335.2 kg/ha | 206.8 kg/ha | 558.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 642.1 kg/ha | 420.4 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 808.51 kg/ha | 667.8 kg/ha | 894.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 763.79 kg/ha | 637.5 kg/ha | 1,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,354 kg/ha | 955.2 kg/ha | 1,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,642 kg/ha | 1,322 kg/ha | 2,036 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 — yield in Mauritania?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Mauritania was 1,537 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,036 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 206.8 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Mauritania rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 138th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 — Yield. 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.