Melonseed — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Melonseed — Yield was 579.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Melonseed — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, melonseed — yield in Mauritania stood at 579.9 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, melonseed — yield in Mauritania peaked at 613.6 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 579.9 kg/ha, in 2024.
Melonseed — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 608.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 604.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 592.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 592.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 607.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 603.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 603.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 608.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 592.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 592.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 606.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 605.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 605.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 595.2 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 600 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 595.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 604.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 600 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 596.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 603.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 600 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 603.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 608.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 600 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 599.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 597.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 596.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 594.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 593.2 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 591.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 590.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 587 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 594.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 595.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 596.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 597.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 598.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 599.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 601.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 603 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 604.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 604.7 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 613.6 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 606.5 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 595.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 595.6 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 596 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 594.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 594.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 592.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 588.6 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 583.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 581.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 579.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 579.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 610.7 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 579.9 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 471.2 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600.96 kg/ha | 592.6 kg/ha | 608.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 600.34 kg/ha | 592.6 kg/ha | 608.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 600.19 kg/ha | 595.2 kg/ha | 605.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 599.76 kg/ha | 593.2 kg/ha | 608.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 595.33 kg/ha | 587 kg/ha | 601.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 600.83 kg/ha | 594.1 kg/ha | 613.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 585.32 kg/ha | 579.9 kg/ha | 592.6 kg/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 melonseed — yield in Mauritania?
- Melonseed — yield in Mauritania was 579.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest melonseed — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 613.6 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest melonseed — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 579.9 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank for melonseed — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 11th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is melonseed — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Melonseed — Yield. 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.