Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 186.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Mauritania stood at 186.5 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Mauritania peaked at 213.5 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 160 kg/ha, in 1968.
Mauritania ranks 165th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 169.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 164.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 168.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 166 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 167.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 169 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 160 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 171.9 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 160 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1971 | 163 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 166.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 176.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 167.4 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 161.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 191.7 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1977 | 192 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 194.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 173.3 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1980 | 173.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 181 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 195 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 200 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 189.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 192.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 194.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 190.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 190.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 213.5 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 197.7 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 181.2 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 186.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 193.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 193.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 205.4 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 199.1 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 199.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 198.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 201.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 200.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 194.4 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 185.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 187.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 184.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 188.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 189.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 190.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 190.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 191 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 192 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 193.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 193.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 195.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 193.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 191.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 190.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 191.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 191.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 190.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 188.2 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 188.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 187.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 186.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 186.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 186.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 186.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167.47 kg/ha | 160 kg/ha | 171.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 174.69 kg/ha | 160 kg/ha | 194.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 192.06 kg/ha | 173.1 kg/ha | 213.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195.6 kg/ha | 181.2 kg/ha | 205.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190.29 kg/ha | 184.5 kg/ha | 200.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 192.29 kg/ha | 190.6 kg/ha | 195.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 187.5 kg/ha | 186.5 kg/ha | 188.8 kg/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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Mauritania?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Mauritania was 186.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 213.5 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 160 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Mauritania rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 165th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield 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, Oil 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.