Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Mauritania
Mauritania: Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.0023 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.0023 t per square kilometre for potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Mauritania peaked at 0.0041 t per square kilometre in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.0003 t per square kilometre, in 1993.
Mauritania ranks 131st of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0018 t per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0018 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.002 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.002 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 0.002 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0024 t per square kilometre | +38.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0024 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.004 t per square kilometre | +66.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | -64.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | -80.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | -39.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | +25.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | +66.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | +33.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 t per square kilometre | +24.2% |
| 1997 | 0.001 t per square kilometre | +20.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0012 t per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0014 t per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 2003 | 0.002 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 0.002 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0023 t per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.55 t per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0023 t per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5846 t per square kilometre, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | -80.0% | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | 0.0004 t per square kilometre |
| 1978 | +66.4% | 0.0024 t per square kilometre | 0.004 t per square kilometre |
| 1994 | +66.7% | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | 0.0005 t per square kilometre |
| 1980 | -64.3% | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | 0.0015 t per square kilometre |
| 1991 | -39.8% | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 0.0004 t per square kilometre |
| 1993 | -40.0% | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 0.0003 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | 0.002 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 0.0015 t per square kilometre | 0.0041 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0008 t per square kilometre | 0.0004 t per square kilometre | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 0.0003 t per square kilometre | 0.0014 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.002 t per square kilometre | 0.0016 t per square kilometre | 0.0021 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0022 t per square kilometre | 0.0019 t per square kilometre | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 0.0023 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 128 Botswana 0.0065 t per square kilometre compare
- 129 Paraguay 0.0034 t per square kilometre compare
- 130 Papua New Guinea 0.0028 t per square kilometre compare
- 132 Central African Republic 0.0023 t per square kilometre compare
- 133 Benin 0.0022 t per square kilometre compare
- 134 Eritrea 0.0005 t per square kilometre 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 potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Mauritania?
- Potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Mauritania was 0.0023 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0041 t per square kilometre in 1979.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0003 t per square kilometre in 1993.
- How does Mauritania rank for potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 131st out of 137 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.