Rice — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Rice — Yield was 3,500 kg/ha in 2019. ▼ Falling
Rice — Yield in Mauritius, 1968–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 3,500 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2019.
That represents a change of up 139.5% on the previous year and up 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Mauritius peaked at 6,333 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,462 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Mauritius 77th out of 127 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,926 kg/ha | 3,806 kg/ha | 4,045 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 4,533 kg/ha | 2,033 kg/ha | 5,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,540 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 6,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,444 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 2,474 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 9 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Mauritius?
- Rice — yield in Mauritius was 3,500 kg/ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 6,333 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,462 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Mauritius rank for rice — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 77th out of 127 countries with data for 2019.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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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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.