Sorghum — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sorghum — Yield was 475 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 475 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Mauritania peaked at 775.9 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 144.8 kg/ha, in 2004.
Mauritania ranks 105th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 385.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 394.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 390.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 390.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 354.4 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1966 | 382.5 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 382.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 404.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 417.5 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 353.1 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1971 | 204.2 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1972 | 199.4 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 204.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 331.9 kg/ha | +62.5% |
| 1975 | 438.8 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1976 | 546.8 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1977 | 371.6 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1978 | 302.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1979 | 219.4 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1980 | 321.8 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1981 | 295.6 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 287.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 233.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1984 | 287.4 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1985 | 486.7 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 1986 | 525 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 775.9 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 1988 | 659.7 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1989 | 757.1 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 515.3 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1991 | 451.4 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 502 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 585.6 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1994 | 577.3 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 635 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 685.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 407.8 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 1998 | 467.7 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1999 | 535 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 524.8 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 332.2 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 2002 | 358.1 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 462.8 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2004 | 144.8 kg/ha | -68.7% |
| 2005 | 515.6 kg/ha | +256.1% |
| 2006 | 403.7 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2007 | 397.6 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 439.5 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 490.2 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 509.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 279.3 kg/ha | -45.2% |
| 2012 | 507.4 kg/ha | +81.7% |
| 2013 | 484.3 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 424.1 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2015 | 425.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 452 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 437.5 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 450.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 450.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 455.9 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 372.3 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2022 | 500.4 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 2023 | 447.9 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 475 kg/ha | +6.1% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 475 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 475 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Mauritania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +256.1% | 144.8 kg/ha | 515.6 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 389.06 kg/ha | 354.4 kg/ha | 417.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 317.21 kg/ha | 199.4 kg/ha | 546.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 462.99 kg/ha | 233.3 kg/ha | 775.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 536.3 kg/ha | 407.8 kg/ha | 685.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 406.93 kg/ha | 144.8 kg/ha | 524.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 442.06 kg/ha | 279.3 kg/ha | 509.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 450.3 kg/ha | 372.3 kg/ha | 500.4 kg/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 — yield in Mauritania?
- Sorghum — yield in Mauritania was 475 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 775.9 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 144.8 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Mauritania rank for sorghum — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 105th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.