Dates — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Dates — Yield was 2,386 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Dates — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for dates — yield in Mauritania is 2,386 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Mauritania peaked at 5,000 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,786 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Mauritania 33rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1965 | 2,933 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 2,889 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 2,979 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 2,976 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 2,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,971 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 2,971 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,029 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | +65.1% |
| 1977 | 2,973 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 1978 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 2,973 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 2,857 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 3,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,857 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 2,222 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1989 | 2,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,786 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 2,222 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1992 | 2,626 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1993 | 2,947 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1994 | 2,962 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 2,941 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 2,513 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1997 | 2,991 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1998 | 3,023 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 4,000 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 2000 | 4,400 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 2,500 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 2002 | 3,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 2,092 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2004 | 3,000 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2005 | 2,750 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 2,500 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,400 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,518 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 2,473 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 2,498 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2,482 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 2,468 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 2,406 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,490 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 2,435 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,445 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,430 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,382 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 2,372 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 2,393 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 2,385 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,370 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 2,386 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 2,386 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 2,386 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,054 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Dates — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +65.1% | 3,029 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 2001 | -43.2% | 4,400 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +43.4% | 2,092 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -40.5% | 5,000 kg/ha | 2,973 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +32.3% | 3,023 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 2003 | -30.3% | 3,000 kg/ha | 2,092 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,947 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,166 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,777 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,801 kg/ha | 1,786 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,766 kg/ha | 2,092 kg/ha | 4,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,451 kg/ha | 2,382 kg/ha | 2,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,381 kg/ha | 2,370 kg/ha | 2,393 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Mauritania?
- Dates — yield in Mauritania was 2,386 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,786 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for dates — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 33rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Dates — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.