Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 5,304 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mauritania stood at 5,304 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 9,200 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3,700 ha, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 138th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 4,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 4,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 4,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 9,000 ha | +87.5% |
| 1971 | 6,900 ha | -23.3% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | -34.8% |
| 1973 | 3,700 ha | -17.8% |
| 1974 | 4,300 ha | +16.2% |
| 1975 | 6,700 ha | +55.8% |
| 1976 | 7,200 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 7,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 7,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | -41.6% |
| 1980 | 5,200 ha | +15.6% |
| 1981 | 5,800 ha | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 6,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 6,800 ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 7,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 7,400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,200 ha | +24.3% |
| 1990 | 7,900 ha | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 8,200 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 7,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 6,900 ha | -11.5% |
| 1994 | 7,214 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 7,838 ha | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 8,071 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 7,533 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 7,687 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 7,577 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 7,769 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 6,750 ha | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 5,774 ha | -14.5% |
| 2003 | 5,671 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 5,261 ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 5,591 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 5,671 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 5,624 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 5,576 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 5,627 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,578 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,516 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 5,404 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 5,521 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 5,510 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 5,554 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 5,359 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 5,415 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 5,369 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 5,303 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,306 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,322 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 5,329 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,322 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,304 ha | -0.3% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 5,304 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 3% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 5,304 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 2% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 | +87.5% | 4,800 ha | 9,000 ha |
| 1975 | +55.8% | 4,300 ha | 6,700 ha |
| 1979 | -41.6% | 7,700 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 1972 | -34.8% | 6,900 ha | 4,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,217 ha | 3,700 ha | 4,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,200 ha | 3,700 ha | 9,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,820 ha | 5,200 ha | 9,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,672 ha | 6,900 ha | 8,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,931 ha | 5,261 ha | 7,769 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,453 ha | 5,303 ha | 5,578 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,317 ha | 5,304 ha | 5,329 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritania
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0865 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0034 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 7.47 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mauritania was 5,304 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 9,200 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 138th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.