Sorghum — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sorghum — Area harvested was 240,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 240,000 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 261,000 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 52,200 ha, in 1977.
Mauritania ranks 28th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 208,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 208,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 213,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 213,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 261,000 ha | +22.5% |
| 1966 | 217,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 217,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 217,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 243,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 217,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 226,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 174,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1973 | 113,100 ha | -35.0% |
| 1974 | 139,200 ha | +23.1% |
| 1975 | 94,800 ha | -31.9% |
| 1976 | 60,900 ha | -35.8% |
| 1977 | 52,200 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 94,800 ha | +81.6% |
| 1979 | 95,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 87,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 121,800 ha | +40.0% |
| 1982 | 121,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 90,000 ha | -26.1% |
| 1984 | 87,000 ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 150,000 ha | +72.4% |
| 1986 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 116,000 ha | -27.5% |
| 1988 | 164,100 ha | +41.5% |
| 1989 | 146,820 ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 87,220 ha | -40.6% |
| 1991 | 128,904 ha | +47.8% |
| 1992 | 99,906 ha | -22.5% |
| 1993 | 156,324 ha | +56.5% |
| 1994 | 255,000 ha | +63.1% |
| 1995 | 246,442 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 211,319 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 141,671 ha | -33.0% |
| 1998 | 156,004 ha | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 177,764 ha | +13.9% |
| 2000 | 161,790 ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 159,893 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 80,135 ha | -49.9% |
| 2003 | 168,355 ha | +110.1% |
| 2004 | 143,148 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 158,671 ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 183,441 ha | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 200,368 ha | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 194,766 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 190,949 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 229,712 ha | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 88,155 ha | -61.6% |
| 2012 | 248,531 ha | +181.9% |
| 2013 | 187,821 ha | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 134,868 ha | -28.2% |
| 2015 | 175,426 ha | +30.1% |
| 2016 | 177,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 112,000 ha | -36.7% |
| 2018 | 193,000 ha | +72.3% |
| 2019 | 151,000 ha | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 204,000 ha | +35.1% |
| 2021 | 137,000 ha | -32.8% |
| 2022 | 249,000 ha | +81.8% |
| 2023 | 192,000 ha | -22.9% |
| 2024 | 240,000 ha | +25.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 240,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 8.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 240,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,322 ha | 208,800 ha | 261,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 126,840 ha | 52,200 ha | 226,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,452 ha | 87,000 ha | 164,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 166,055 ha | 87,220 ha | 255,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 164,152 ha | 80,135 ha | 200,368 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169,751 ha | 88,155 ha | 248,531 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 204,400 ha | 137,000 ha | 249,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
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)
- 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 sorghum — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Mauritania was 240,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 261,000 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 52,200 ha in 1977.
- How does Mauritania rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 28th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.0%. 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 Sorghum — 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.