Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,719 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 17,719 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mauritius peaked at 25,856 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 7,766 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mauritius ranks 83rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,766 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,384 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 12,572 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 11,920 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 9,579 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1966 | 15,454 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 1967 | 16,097 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 16,899 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 12,665 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1970 | 15,448 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1971 | 15,915 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 13,584 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1973 | 16,708 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1974 | 16,828 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 15,258 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 15,187 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 15,315 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 16,339 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 15,382 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 16,444 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 20,277 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1982 | 21,787 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 19,187 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1984 | 24,553 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 25,856 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 20,516 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1987 | 18,685 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 17,796 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 20,200 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1990 | 17,223 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 18,554 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 18,442 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 18,875 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 17,270 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1995 | 19,140 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 18,919 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 20,893 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 17,159 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1999 | 22,874 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 21,207 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 20,158 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 20,658 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 19,589 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 17,684 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 19,737 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 21,403 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 22,736 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 20,821 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 21,588 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 19,300 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 20,508 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 21,434 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 21,588 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 21,996 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 20,826 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 19,879 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 18,639 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 20,958 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2019 | 18,560 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 19,291 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 16,139 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 19,665 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2023 | 16,669 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 17,719 kg/ha | +6.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 17,719 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 17,719 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,371 kg/ha | 7,766 kg/ha | 16,899 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,596 kg/ha | 13,584 kg/ha | 16,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,530 kg/ha | 16,444 kg/ha | 25,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,935 kg/ha | 17,159 kg/ha | 22,874 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,558 kg/ha | 17,684 kg/ha | 22,736 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,369 kg/ha | 18,560 kg/ha | 21,996 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,897 kg/ha | 16,139 kg/ha | 19,665 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Mauritius?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mauritius was 17,719 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 25,856 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,766 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mauritius rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 83rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. 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 — 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.