Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 147 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius is 147 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 819 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 56 ha, in 2016.
Mauritius ranks 97th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99 ha | — |
| 1962 | 134 ha | +35.4% |
| 1963 | 143 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 134 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 268 ha | +100.0% |
| 1966 | 244 ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 283 ha | +16.0% |
| 1968 | 217 ha | -23.3% |
| 1969 | 331 ha | +52.5% |
| 1970 | 358 ha | +8.2% |
| 1971 | 322 ha | -10.1% |
| 1972 | 426 ha | +32.3% |
| 1973 | 460 ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 374 ha | -18.7% |
| 1975 | 363 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 379 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 280 ha | -26.1% |
| 1978 | 379 ha | +35.4% |
| 1979 | 279 ha | -26.4% |
| 1980 | 288 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 559 ha | +94.1% |
| 1982 | 553 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 620 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 819 ha | +32.1% |
| 1985 | 699 ha | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 719 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 514 ha | -28.5% |
| 1988 | 568 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 458 ha | -19.4% |
| 1990 | 592 ha | +29.3% |
| 1991 | 480 ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 405 ha | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 274 ha | -32.3% |
| 1994 | 282 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 273 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 217 ha | -20.5% |
| 1997 | 228 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 186 ha | -18.4% |
| 1999 | 117 ha | -37.1% |
| 2000 | 123 ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 123 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 116 ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 255 ha | +119.8% |
| 2004 | 212 ha | -16.9% |
| 2005 | 137 ha | -35.4% |
| 2006 | 178 ha | +29.9% |
| 2007 | 140 ha | -21.3% |
| 2008 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 241 ha | +68.5% |
| 2010 | 208 ha | -13.7% |
| 2011 | 163 ha | -21.6% |
| 2012 | 266 ha | +63.2% |
| 2013 | 182 ha | -31.6% |
| 2014 | 240 ha | +31.9% |
| 2015 | 99 ha | -58.8% |
| 2016 | 56 ha | -43.4% |
| 2017 | 91 ha | +62.5% |
| 2018 | 87 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 186 ha | +113.8% |
| 2020 | 166 ha | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 146 ha | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 136 ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 151 ha | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 147 ha | -2.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 147 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 147 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 0% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 205.89 ha | 99 ha | 331 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 362 ha | 279 ha | 460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 579.7 ha | 288 ha | 819 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 305.4 ha | 117 ha | 592 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166.8 ha | 116 ha | 255 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 157.8 ha | 56 ha | 266 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 149.2 ha | 136 ha | 166 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mauritius was 147 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 819 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 56 ha in 2016.
- How does Mauritius rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 97th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.