Fruit Primary — Production in Mauritania
Mauritania: Fruit Primary — Production was 27,982 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Production in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — production in Mauritania is 27,982 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — production in Mauritania peaked at 43,988 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 13,800 t, in 1972.
Mauritania ranks 160th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Production in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,900 t | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 t | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 21,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1964 | 23,500 t | +11.9% |
| 1965 | 25,700 t | +9.4% |
| 1966 | 18,600 t | -27.6% |
| 1967 | 16,700 t | -10.2% |
| 1968 | 17,500 t | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 16,200 t | -7.4% |
| 1970 | 18,800 t | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 13,900 t | -26.1% |
| 1972 | 13,800 t | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 14,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 14,400 t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 14,600 t | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 15,600 t | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 16,700 t | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 18,800 t | +12.6% |
| 1979 | 19,500 t | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 19,700 t | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 18,500 t | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 16,600 t | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 17,800 t | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 17,200 t | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 22,100 t | +28.5% |
| 1986 | 17,800 t | -19.5% |
| 1987 | 21,234 t | +19.3% |
| 1988 | 21,234 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 23,424 t | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 15,623 t | -33.3% |
| 1991 | 19,586 t | +25.4% |
| 1992 | 15,898 t | -18.8% |
| 1993 | 24,178 t | +52.1% |
| 1994 | 32,594 t | +34.8% |
| 1995 | 35,414 t | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 30,581 t | -13.6% |
| 1997 | 43,988 t | +43.8% |
| 1998 | 20,216 t | -54.0% |
| 1999 | 25,022 t | +23.8% |
| 2000 | 27,000 t | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 24,111 t | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 27,325 t | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 23,360 t | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 27,350 t | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 25,426 t | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 23,563 t | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 23,414 t | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 23,056 t | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 24,005 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 25,772 t | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 26,072 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 26,596 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 26,904 t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 25,019 t | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 27,970 t | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 28,476 t | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 26,245 t | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 27,802 t | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 27,990 t | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 28,142 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 28,126 t | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 27,837 t | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 27,916 t | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 27,982 t | +0.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 27,982 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.09 million t, 3% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 27,982 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 459,726 t, 6% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,900 t | 15,000 t | 25,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,010 t | 13,800 t | 19,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,559 t | 16,600 t | 23,424 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,310 t | 15,623 t | 43,988 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,861 t | 23,056 t | 27,350 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,885 t | 25,019 t | 28,476 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,001 t | 27,837 t | 28,142 t | 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 fruit primary — production in Mauritania?
- Fruit primary — production in Mauritania was 27,982 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 43,988 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — production recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,800 t in 1972.
- How does Mauritania rank for fruit primary — production?
- Mauritania ranks 160th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — production rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. 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 — Production. 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.