Potatoes — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Potatoes — Yield was 20,956 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Mauritius stood at 20,956 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 12.3% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Mauritius peaked at 27,036 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 7,750 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mauritius 72nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,412 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 13,269 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 1964 | 12,102 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 9,280 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1966 | 15,868 kg/ha | +71.0% |
| 1967 | 16,339 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 17,289 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 12,524 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1970 | 15,998 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1971 | 16,352 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 13,666 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1973 | 16,923 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1974 | 17,169 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 15,204 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1976 | 15,157 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 15,188 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 16,512 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 15,539 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 16,564 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 20,724 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1982 | 23,062 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 20,231 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1984 | 25,220 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1985 | 27,036 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 21,188 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1987 | 19,547 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1988 | 19,017 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 21,286 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1990 | 18,110 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1991 | 19,742 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 19,213 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 20,088 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 17,572 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 19,846 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 19,593 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 21,576 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1998 | 17,605 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1999 | 23,978 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2000 | 22,256 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 20,988 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 22,012 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 21,019 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 18,527 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 21,331 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 23,810 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 25,192 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 22,944 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 23,110 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 20,365 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 21,326 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 23,336 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 23,603 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 23,635 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 23,235 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 21,341 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 19,893 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 23,690 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2019 | 20,759 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2020 | 21,834 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 19,269 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 24,070 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 18,654 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2024 | 20,956 kg/ha | +12.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 20,956 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 20,956 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,537 kg/ha | 7,750 kg/ha | 17,289 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,771 kg/ha | 13,666 kg/ha | 17,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,387 kg/ha | 16,564 kg/ha | 27,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,732 kg/ha | 17,572 kg/ha | 23,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,119 kg/ha | 18,527 kg/ha | 25,192 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,118 kg/ha | 19,893 kg/ha | 23,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,956 kg/ha | 18,654 kg/ha | 24,070 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 69 Kazakhstan 21,914 kg/ha compare
- 70 Portugal 21,722 kg/ha compare
- 71 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 73 Zambia 20,945 kg/ha compare
- 74 China 20,806 kg/ha compare
- 75 China, mainland 20,805 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Mauritius?
- Potatoes — yield in Mauritius was 20,956 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 27,036 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,750 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mauritius rank for potatoes — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 72nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. 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 — 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.