Rice — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Rice — Yield was 4,878 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Mauritania stood at 4,878 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 7.9% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Mauritania peaked at 5,664 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 696.5 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Mauritania 39th out of 114 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.
Rice — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,714 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 1,857 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 2,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 1,333 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1968 | 696.5 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 1969 | 812.1 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1970 | 1,248 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1971 | 913.3 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1972 | 1,250 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1973 | 3,681 kg/ha | +194.5% |
| 1974 | 3,000 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1975 | 3,707 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 1976 | 3,336 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 2,250 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1978 | 1,941 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1979 | 3,483 kg/ha | +79.4% |
| 1980 | 3,198 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 4,299 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1983 | 5,366 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 4,393 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,686 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 4,166 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 4,034 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 3,331 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1991 | 2,813 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 3,987 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1993 | 3,286 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 2,740 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 3,936 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1996 | 3,831 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 3,719 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 4,060 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1999 | 3,968 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 4,237 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2001 | 4,527 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2002 | 4,560 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 3,744 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2004 | 4,700 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 3,892 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2006 | 4,481 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 4,722 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,763 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 3,989 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2010 | 5,231 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2011 | 5,096 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 4,979 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 4,952 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 5,135 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 4,973 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 5,664 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 5,558 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 5,137 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 3,961 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2020 | 4,278 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 5,396 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 5,444 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 5,298 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 4,878 kg/ha | -7.9% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 4,878 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 4,878 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 2.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +194.5% | 1,250 kg/ha | 3,681 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,527 kg/ha | 696.5 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,481 kg/ha | 913.3 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,514 kg/ha | 3,198 kg/ha | 5,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,567 kg/ha | 2,740 kg/ha | 4,060 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,362 kg/ha | 3,744 kg/ha | 4,763 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,069 kg/ha | 3,961 kg/ha | 5,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,059 kg/ha | 4,278 kg/ha | 5,444 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 36 Dominican Republic 5,104 kg/ha compare
- 37 Afghanistan 5,062 kg/ha compare
- 38 Ukraine 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 40 Belize 4,849 kg/ha compare
- 41 Sudan (former) 4,699 kg/ha compare
- 42 Bhutan 4,558 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 rice — yield in Mauritania?
- Rice — yield in Mauritania was 4,878 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5,664 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 696.5 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Mauritania rank for rice — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 39th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 Rice — 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.