Melonseed — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Melonseed — Area harvested was 4,222 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Melonseed — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — area harvested in Mauritania stood at 4,222 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 5,500 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Melonseed — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,700 ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,750 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 2,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 2,900 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 2,500 ha | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 5,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 5,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 4,600 ha | -13.2% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 5,038 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 5,035 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 5,033 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,003 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 4,977 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 4,949 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 4,920 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 4,914 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,804 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 4,761 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,716 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,671 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 4,624 ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 4,576 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 4,527 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 4,478 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,428 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 4,300 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 4,330 ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 4,401 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 4,342 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 4,298 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,274 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 4,241 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 4,215 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,239 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,251 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,238 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 4,222 ha | -0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 4,222 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 36,538 ha, 12% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 4,222 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,069 ha, 38% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,617 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,740 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,500 ha | 3,800 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,079 ha | 4,600 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,746 ha | 4,527 ha | 4,949 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,349 ha | 4,241 ha | 4,478 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,233 ha | 4,215 ha | 4,251 ha | 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 melonseed — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Melonseed — area harvested in Mauritania was 4,222 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest melonseed — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1973.
- How does Mauritania rank for melonseed — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 12th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Melonseed — 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.