Potatoes — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Potatoes — Yield was 5,915 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Mauritania is 5,915 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Mauritania peaked at 16,640 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 4,000 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Mauritania 145th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 16,640 kg/ha | +66.4% |
| 1979 | 10,500 kg/ha | -36.9% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,000 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 4,250 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,167 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 4,846 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 4,846 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,463 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 4,688 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1992 | 5,000 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 4,000 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 4,786 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 4,805 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 4,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 4,667 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 5,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 5,128 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 5,108 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 5,155 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 5,116 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 5,256 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 5,308 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 5,367 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,394 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 5,116 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 5,549 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 5,714 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 6,286 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 5,842 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 5,876 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 5,967 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 6,032 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 6,094 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 6,145 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 6,204 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 5,992 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 5,983 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,955 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 5,915 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 5,915 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 5,915 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +66.4% | 10,000 kg/ha | 16,640 kg/ha |
| 1982 | -60.0% | 10,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -36.9% | 16,640 kg/ha | 10,500 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +25.0% | 4,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +25.0% | 4,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,714 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 16,640 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,811 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,821 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 5,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,197 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,862 kg/ha | 5,116 kg/ha | 6,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,010 kg/ha | 5,915 kg/ha | 6,204 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 142 New Caledonia 6,905 kg/ha compare
- 143 Uganda 6,857 kg/ha compare
- 144 Madagascar 6,038 kg/ha compare
- 146 Papua New Guinea 5,792 kg/ha compare
- 147 Botswana 3,852 kg/ha compare
- 148 Nigeria 3,755 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 potatoes — yield in Mauritania?
- Potatoes — yield in Mauritania was 5,915 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 16,640 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Mauritania rank for potatoes — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 145th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.