Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 1,946 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 1,946 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 1,946 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 154 ha, in 1962.
That places Mauritius 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 166 ha | — |
| 1962 | 154 ha | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 315 ha | +104.5% |
| 1964 | 356 ha | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 508 ha | +42.7% |
| 1966 | 496 ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 533 ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 557 ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 608 ha | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 569 ha | -6.4% |
| 1971 | 711 ha | +25.0% |
| 1972 | 562 ha | -21.0% |
| 1973 | 584 ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 554 ha | -5.1% |
| 1975 | 498 ha | -10.1% |
| 1976 | 509 ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 480 ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 479 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 432 ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 387 ha | -10.4% |
| 1981 | 395 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 463 ha | +17.2% |
| 1983 | 456 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 478 ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 497 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 544 ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 553 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 581 ha | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 575 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 574 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 589 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 727 ha | +23.4% |
| 1993 | 794 ha | +9.2% |
| 1994 | 732 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 768 ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 760 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 730 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 745 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 639 ha | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 776 ha | +21.4% |
| 2001 | 953 ha | +22.8% |
| 2002 | 986 ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 1,079 ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 1,129 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1,176 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,235 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 1,307 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1,380 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 1,430 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,487 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,607 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 1,773 ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 1,911 ha | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 1,741 ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 1,904 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 1,722 ha | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 1,757 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,840 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,757 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 1,790 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 1,758 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 1,785 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 1,893 ha | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 1,946 ha | +2.8% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 1,946 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 3% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 1,946 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 3% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +104.5% | 154 ha | 315 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 410.33 ha | 154 ha | 608 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 537.8 ha | 432 ha | 711 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 492.9 ha | 387 ha | 581 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 705.8 ha | 574 ha | 794 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,145 ha | 776 ha | 1,430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,750 ha | 1,487 ha | 1,911 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,834 ha | 1,758 ha | 1,946 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Mauritius was 1,946 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1,946 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 154 ha in 1962.
- How does Mauritius rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 172nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 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.