Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 535 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 535 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 4,268 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 331 ha, in 2016.
Mauritius ranks 173rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,099 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,134 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 4,143 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 4,134 ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 4,268 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 3,744 ha | -12.3% |
| 1967 | 3,283 ha | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 2,717 ha | -17.2% |
| 1969 | 2,331 ha | -14.2% |
| 1970 | 2,358 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 2,322 ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 1,926 ha | -17.1% |
| 1973 | 1,760 ha | -8.6% |
| 1974 | 1,674 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 1,663 ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 1,679 ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 1,580 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 1,679 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 1,579 ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 1,588 ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 1,859 ha | +17.1% |
| 1982 | 1,853 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,920 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 2,119 ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 1,799 ha | -15.1% |
| 1986 | 1,519 ha | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 1,214 ha | -20.1% |
| 1988 | 1,118 ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 1,058 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 1,242 ha | +17.4% |
| 1991 | 1,080 ha | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 1,001 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 880 ha | -12.1% |
| 1994 | 682 ha | -22.5% |
| 1995 | 753 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 717 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 738 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 656 ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 617 ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 623 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 623 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 616 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 755 ha | +22.6% |
| 2004 | 712 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 637 ha | -10.5% |
| 2006 | 678 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 640 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 643 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 741 ha | +15.2% |
| 2010 | 714 ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 670 ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 831 ha | +24.0% |
| 2013 | 723 ha | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 726 ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 372 ha | -48.8% |
| 2016 | 331 ha | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 506 ha | +52.9% |
| 2018 | 505 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 608 ha | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 591 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 571 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 559 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 550 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 535 ha | -2.7% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 535 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 1% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 535 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 0% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +52.9% | 331 ha | 506 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,650 ha | 2,331 ha | 4,268 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,822 ha | 1,579 ha | 2,358 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,605 ha | 1,058 ha | 2,119 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 836.6 ha | 617 ha | 1,242 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 666.8 ha | 616 ha | 755 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 598.6 ha | 331 ha | 831 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 561.2 ha | 535 ha | 591 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 170 Antigua and Barbuda 593 ha compare
- 171 Martinique 575 ha compare
- 172 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 538 ha compare
- 174 Bhutan 516 ha compare
- 175 Bahamas 366 ha compare
- 176 Barbados 292 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- 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 0.0163 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 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0171 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mauritius was 535 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 4,268 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 331 ha in 2016.
- How does Mauritius rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 173rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil 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.