Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 14,891 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritania is 14,891 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 15,890 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 3,050 ha, in 1976.
Mauritania ranks 129th of 191 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.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,045 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,570 ha | -9.4% |
| 1963 | 6,570 ha | +43.8% |
| 1964 | 7,610 ha | +15.8% |
| 1965 | 8,135 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 5,635 ha | -30.7% |
| 1967 | 5,160 ha | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 5,310 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 4,860 ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 5,685 ha | +17.0% |
| 1971 | 4,210 ha | -25.9% |
| 1972 | 4,235 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 4,270 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 4,325 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 4,325 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,050 ha | -29.5% |
| 1977 | 4,780 ha | +56.7% |
| 1978 | 5,200 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 5,620 ha | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 5,640 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,220 ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 4,740 ha | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 4,950 ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 4,760 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 5,260 ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 5,250 ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 4,740 ha | -9.7% |
| 1988 | 5,700 ha | +20.3% |
| 1989 | 6,750 ha | +18.4% |
| 1990 | 6,694 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 5,838 ha | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 5,120 ha | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 6,115 ha | +19.4% |
| 1994 | 9,104 ha | +48.9% |
| 1995 | 10,115 ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 9,306 ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 13,336 ha | +43.3% |
| 1998 | 5,996 ha | -55.0% |
| 1999 | 15,890 ha | +165.0% |
| 2000 | 14,048 ha | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 12,297 ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 9,330 ha | -24.1% |
| 2003 | 10,894 ha | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 9,130 ha | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 9,462 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 9,921 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 9,478 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 9,843 ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 10,034 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 11,413 ha | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 11,714 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 12,723 ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 13,072 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 13,769 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 14,745 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 15,176 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 13,834 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 14,805 ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 15,043 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 14,995 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 14,884 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 14,867 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 14,923 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 14,891 ha | -0.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 14,891 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 21% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 14,891 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 24% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +165.0% | 5,996 ha | 15,890 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,877 ha | 4,570 ha | 8,135 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,570 ha | 3,050 ha | 5,685 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,301 ha | 4,740 ha | 6,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,751 ha | 5,120 ha | 15,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,444 ha | 9,130 ha | 14,048 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,629 ha | 11,413 ha | 15,176 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,912 ha | 14,867 ha | 14,995 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0865 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 7.47 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritania was 14,891 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 15,890 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,050 ha in 1976.
- How does Mauritania rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 129th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 Fruit 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.