Dates — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Dates — Area harvested was 9,336 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — area harvested in Mauritania is 9,336 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 12,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1976.
Mauritania ranks 17th of 37 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 4,200 ha | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | -30.0% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1977 | 3,700 ha | +85.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 4,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 5,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 4,500 ha | -19.6% |
| 1992 | 3,808 ha | -15.4% |
| 1993 | 4,750 ha | +24.7% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | +57.9% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 8,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 12,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 4,300 ha | -64.2% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9,560 ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 8,000 ha | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,942 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 8,611 ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 8,552 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 8,642 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 8,727 ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 7,840 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 8,790 ha | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 9,190 ha | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 8,607 ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 9,054 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 9,359 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 9,440 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 9,360 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 9,280 ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 9,368 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 9,336 ha | -0.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 9,336 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,918 ha, 4.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 9,336 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 745 ha, 12.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Area harvested in Mauritania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +85.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,267 ha | 4,000 ha | 7,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,670 ha | 2,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,020 ha | 3,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,396 ha | 3,808 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,850 ha | 5,000 ha | 9,560 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,737 ha | 7,840 ha | 9,359 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,357 ha | 9,280 ha | 9,440 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 dates — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Dates — area harvested in Mauritania was 9,336 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest dates — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1976.
- How does Mauritania rank for dates — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 17th out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. 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 Dates — 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.