Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 349 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mauritius is 349 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 362 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38 ha, in 1979.
Mauritius ranks 54th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 90 ha | — |
| 1962 | 125 ha | +38.9% |
| 1963 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 92 ha | -26.4% |
| 1965 | 114 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 125 ha | +9.6% |
| 1967 | 138 ha | +10.4% |
| 1968 | 133 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 176 ha | +32.3% |
| 1970 | 139 ha | -21.0% |
| 1971 | 178 ha | +28.1% |
| 1972 | 105 ha | -41.0% |
| 1973 | 70 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 62 ha | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 56 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 46 ha | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 46 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 63 ha | +37.0% |
| 1979 | 38 ha | -39.7% |
| 1980 | 50 ha | +31.6% |
| 1981 | 65 ha | +30.0% |
| 1982 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 76 ha | +8.6% |
| 1984 | 67 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 68 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 69 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 66 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 77 ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 79 ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 92 ha | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 98 ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 105 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 157 ha | +49.5% |
| 1994 | 138 ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 156 ha | +13.0% |
| 1996 | 182 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 155 ha | -14.8% |
| 1998 | 178 ha | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 130 ha | -27.0% |
| 2000 | 122 ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 153 ha | +25.4% |
| 2002 | 160 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 153 ha | -4.4% |
| 2004 | 202 ha | +32.0% |
| 2005 | 174 ha | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 216 ha | +24.1% |
| 2007 | 215 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 162 ha | -24.7% |
| 2009 | 198 ha | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 199 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 231 ha | +16.1% |
| 2012 | 244 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 258 ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 288 ha | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 270 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 288 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 273 ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 255 ha | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 276 ha | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 290 ha | +5.1% |
| 2021 | 292 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 279 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 362 ha | +29.7% |
| 2024 | 349 ha | -3.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 349 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,258 ha, 28% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 349 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 973 ha, 36% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 124.22 ha | 90 ha | 176 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80.3 ha | 38 ha | 178 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.7 ha | 50 ha | 79 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 139.1 ha | 92 ha | 182 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 175.5 ha | 122 ha | 216 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 258.2 ha | 199 ha | 288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 314.4 ha | 279 ha | 362 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Mauritius was 349 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 362 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 ha in 1979.
- How does Mauritius rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 54th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.