Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 337.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Mauritania is 337.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Mauritania peaked at 355.3 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 246.7 kg/ha, in 1970.
Mauritania ranks 134th of 183 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 — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 298.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 298.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 289 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 293.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 292.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 294 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 297.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 285.8 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 297.9 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 246.7 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1971 | 262.3 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 284.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 295.2 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 283.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 256.7 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 291.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 296 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 298.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 317.3 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1980 | 316.5 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 316.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 335 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 340.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 327.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 332.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 336.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 330.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 330.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 344.6 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 339.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 318 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 326.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 334.5 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 336.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 345 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 334.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 339.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 336 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 341.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 336.6 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 340.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 345.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 348.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 352.2 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 349.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 348.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 349.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 349.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 348.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 349.7 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 351.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 350.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 355.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 350.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 346.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 347.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 346.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 346.2 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 346.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 342 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 342.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 339.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 338.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 337.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 337.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 337.8 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 294.21 kg/ha | 285.8 kg/ha | 298.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 283.22 kg/ha | 246.7 kg/ha | 317.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 331.03 kg/ha | 316.5 kg/ha | 344.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 335.15 kg/ha | 318 kg/ha | 345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 346.93 kg/ha | 336.6 kg/ha | 352.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 349.01 kg/ha | 346.2 kg/ha | 355.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 340.02 kg/ha | 337.8 kg/ha | 342.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 374.4 kg/ha compare
- 132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 361.4 kg/ha compare
- 133 Mali 359.4 kg/ha compare
- 135 Maldives 336.3 kg/ha compare
- 136 Rwanda 335.4 kg/ha compare
- 137 Guinea 332.5 kg/ha compare
- 137 Turkmenistan 332.5 kg/ha compare
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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Mauritania?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Mauritania was 337.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 355.3 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 246.7 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Mauritania rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 134th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. 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.