Potatoes — Production in Mauritius
Mauritius: Potatoes — Production was 13,668 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Production in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — production in Mauritius stood at 13,668 t.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Mauritius peaked at 23,305 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,201 t, in 1961.
Mauritius ranks 127th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,201 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,330 t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 4,989 t | +114.1% |
| 1964 | 5,930 t | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 3,972 t | -33.0% |
| 1966 | 8,442 t | +112.5% |
| 1967 | 9,199 t | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 9,578 t | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 5,761 t | -39.9% |
| 1970 | 6,815 t | +18.3% |
| 1971 | 8,928 t | +31.0% |
| 1972 | 7,516 t | -15.8% |
| 1973 | 10,069 t | +34.0% |
| 1974 | 9,254 t | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 9,518 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 11,944 t | +25.5% |
| 1977 | 10,905 t | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 12,153 t | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 8,329 t | -31.5% |
| 1980 | 11,694 t | +40.4% |
| 1981 | 15,999 t | +36.8% |
| 1982 | 13,445 t | -16.0% |
| 1983 | 14,910 t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 20,680 t | +38.7% |
| 1985 | 23,305 t | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 16,950 t | -27.3% |
| 1987 | 16,615 t | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 13,692 t | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 19,690 t | +43.8% |
| 1990 | 17,820 t | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 16,445 t | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 19,175 t | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 13,780 t | -28.1% |
| 1994 | 17,800 t | +29.2% |
| 1995 | 15,718 t | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 10,639 t | -32.3% |
| 1997 | 17,584 t | +65.3% |
| 1998 | 14,612 t | -16.9% |
| 1999 | 15,322 t | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 13,843 t | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 16,350 t | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 13,339 t | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 12,359 t | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 11,246 t | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 12,777 t | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 11,310 t | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 15,367 t | +35.9% |
| 2008 | 14,868 t | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 19,828 t | +33.4% |
| 2010 | 21,709 t | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 21,561 t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 20,442 t | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 16,451 t | -19.5% |
| 2014 | 19,404 t | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 16,427 t | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 16,326 t | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 14,124 t | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 17,033 t | +20.6% |
| 2019 | 14,822 t | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 14,192 t | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 12,910 t | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 16,519 t | +28.0% |
| 2023 | 13,772 t | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 13,668 t | -0.8% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 13,668 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 264,614 t, 5% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 13,668 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 241,226 t, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,822 t | 2,201 t | 9,578 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,543 t | 6,815 t | 12,153 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,698 t | 11,694 t | 23,305 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,890 t | 10,639 t | 19,175 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,129 t | 11,246 t | 19,828 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,830 t | 14,124 t | 21,709 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,212 t | 12,910 t | 16,519 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- 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)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Mauritius?
- Potatoes — production in Mauritius was 13,668 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 23,305 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,201 t in 1961.
- How does Mauritius rank for potatoes — production?
- Mauritius ranks 127th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Production. 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.