Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 1,203 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 1,203 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 1,230 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 448 ha, in 1962.
That places Mauritius 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 479 ha | — |
| 1962 | 448 ha | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 556 ha | +24.1% |
| 1964 | 587 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 520 ha | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 621 ha | +19.4% |
| 1967 | 639 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 624 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 528 ha | -15.4% |
| 1970 | 493 ha | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 622 ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 622 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 671 ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 592 ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 658 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 824 ha | +25.2% |
| 1977 | 749 ha | -9.1% |
| 1978 | 782 ha | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 568 ha | -27.4% |
| 1980 | 732 ha | +28.9% |
| 1981 | 812 ha | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 649 ha | -20.1% |
| 1983 | 806 ha | +24.2% |
| 1984 | 872 ha | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 934 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 872 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 943 ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 836 ha | -11.3% |
| 1989 | 1,025 ha | +22.6% |
| 1990 | 1,093 ha | +6.6% |
| 1991 | 937 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 1,094 ha | +16.8% |
| 1993 | 785 ha | -28.2% |
| 1994 | 1,077 ha | +37.2% |
| 1995 | 857 ha | -20.4% |
| 1996 | 616 ha | -28.1% |
| 1997 | 887 ha | +44.0% |
| 1998 | 895 ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 697 ha | -22.1% |
| 2000 | 696 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 863 ha | +24.0% |
| 2002 | 692 ha | -19.8% |
| 2003 | 672 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 699 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 704 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 573 ha | -18.6% |
| 2007 | 738 ha | +28.8% |
| 2008 | 782 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 1,000 ha | +27.9% |
| 2010 | 1,206 ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 1,137 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 1,054 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 860 ha | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 972 ha | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 908 ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 930 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 841 ha | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 903 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 904 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 845 ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 1,078 ha | +27.6% |
| 2022 | 1,104 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,230 ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 1,203 ha | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 555.78 ha | 448 ha | 639 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 658.1 ha | 493 ha | 824 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 848.1 ha | 649 ha | 1,025 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 893.8 ha | 616 ha | 1,094 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 741.9 ha | 573 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 971.5 ha | 841 ha | 1,206 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,092 ha | 845 ha | 1,230 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 155 Palestine, State of 2,350 ha compare
- 156 Tonga 2,225 ha compare
- 157 Montenegro 1,913 ha compare
- 159 Guadeloupe 1,148 ha compare
- 160 Saint Lucia 1,143 ha compare
- 161 Puerto Rico 897 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mauritius was 1,203 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1,230 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 448 ha in 1962.
- How does Mauritius rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 158th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. 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 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.