Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 3,823 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 3,823 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 5,200 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 2,020 ha, in 1980.
Mauritania ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,440 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,460 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 2,460 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,490 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 2,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,510 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 2,490 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 3,510 ha | +41.0% |
| 1970 | 3,510 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,200 ha | +19.7% |
| 1972 | 4,590 ha | +9.3% |
| 1973 | 2,470 ha | -46.2% |
| 1974 | 4,780 ha | +93.5% |
| 1975 | 4,910 ha | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 5,090 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 5,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,570 ha | -50.6% |
| 1980 | 2,020 ha | -21.4% |
| 1981 | 2,380 ha | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 2,480 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 2,600 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 2,730 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 2,840 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 2,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,950 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 3,060 ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 3,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,498 ha | +14.3% |
| 1991 | 2,738 ha | -21.7% |
| 1992 | 2,900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 2,245 ha | -22.6% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 2,588 ha | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 2,629 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 2,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 2,719 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2,788 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 2,830 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 2,883 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,947 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 2,975 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 2,999 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 3,030 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,063 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 3,092 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 3,130 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 3,158 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 3,205 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,160 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,220 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 3,340 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 3,691 ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 3,666 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 3,651 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 3,588 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 3,678 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,721 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,769 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 3,773 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,791 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 3,807 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,823 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,593 ha | 2,440 ha | 3,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,252 ha | 2,470 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,696 ha | 2,020 ha | 3,060 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,720 ha | 2,245 ha | 3,498 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,011 ha | 2,830 ha | 3,158 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,492 ha | 3,160 ha | 3,721 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,793 ha | 3,769 ha | 3,823 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritania was 3,823 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 5,200 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,020 ha in 1980.
- How does Mauritania rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. 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.