Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 2,810 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 2,810 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mauritania peaked at 3,152 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 1,046 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Mauritania 187th 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 — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,213 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,317 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 2,317 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,410 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 2,410 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,410 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,510 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 2,410 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 1,795 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1970 | 1,766 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 1,452 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 1,198 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1973 | 1,579 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1974 | 1,046 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1975 | 1,079 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 1,198 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 1,212 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 1,531 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1979 | 3,152 kg/ha | +105.9% |
| 1980 | 2,822 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1981 | 2,689 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 1,936 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1983 | 1,962 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 1,872 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 1,901 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 1,937 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1,905 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 1,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,729 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 1,992 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1992 | 1,966 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 1,871 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 2,000 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 2,033 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 2,068 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 2,115 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 2,140 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 2,170 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 2,220 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 2,262 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,294 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 2,286 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,300 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,318 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 2,341 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,372 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 2,394 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 2,402 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,401 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,427 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 2,298 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 2,305 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,825 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2015 | 2,818 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,850 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,921 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 2,906 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,846 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,848 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,838 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,824 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,821 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,810 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,310 kg/ha | 1,795 kg/ha | 2,510 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,521 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 3,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,083 kg/ha | 1,872 kg/ha | 2,822 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,008 kg/ha | 1,729 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,319 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,660 kg/ha | 2,298 kg/ha | 2,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,828 kg/ha | 2,810 kg/ha | 2,848 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 184 Saint Lucia 3,757 kg/ha compare
- 185 Eritrea 3,432 kg/ha compare
- 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,976 kg/ha compare
- 188 Uganda 2,794 kg/ha compare
- 189 Brunei Darussalam 2,362 kg/ha compare
- 190 Maldives 2,337 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 19.95 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 19.95 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Mauritania?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mauritania was 2,810 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,152 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,046 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Mauritania rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 — 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.