Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 1,082 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritania is 1,082 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 6,000 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 2004.
That places Mauritania 84th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +215.8% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | -74.5% |
| 1980 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1990 | 2,600 ha | -35.0% |
| 1991 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 2,214 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,800 ha | +26.5% |
| 1996 | 3,036 ha | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 2,500 ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 2,684 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 2,600 ha | -3.1% |
| 2000 | 2,820 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 1,830 ha | -35.1% |
| 2002 | 860 ha | -53.0% |
| 2003 | 867 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 500 ha | -42.3% |
| 2005 | 875 ha | +75.0% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,088 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 1,104 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 1,121 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,180 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 1,153 ha | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1,017 ha | -11.8% |
| 2017 | 1,117 ha | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 1,096 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,062 ha | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 1,091 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,083 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1,079 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,084 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,082 ha | -0.2% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 1,082 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 3% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 1,082 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 1% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +215.8% | 1,900 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 1975 | +100.0% | 2,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2005 | +75.0% | 500 ha | 875 ha |
| 1979 | -74.5% | 4,700 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 1989 | +66.7% | 2,400 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2002 | -53.0% | 1,830 ha | 860 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,600 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,460 ha | 1,200 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,320 ha | 1,400 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,593 ha | 2,214 ha | 3,036 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,185 ha | 500 ha | 2,820 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,104 ha | 1,017 ha | 1,180 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,084 ha | 1,079 ha | 1,091 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritania was 1,082 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 2004.
- How does Mauritania rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 84th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.