Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 63,172 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 63,172 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Mauritius peaked at 82,398 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 53,043 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Mauritius 61st out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62,528 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 56,518 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 70,151 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1964 | 53,043 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1965 | 72,738 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1966 | 58,618 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1967 | 71,846 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1968 | 64,501 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1969 | 73,245 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1970 | 63,681 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1971 | 65,783 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 78,690 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 77,104 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 74,641 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 53,819 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1976 | 79,002 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1977 | 74,702 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 78,066 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 79,178 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 57,684 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1981 | 67,742 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 82,398 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1983 | 66,988 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1984 | 64,234 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 71,579 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 77,534 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 80,342 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 71,723 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 70,797 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 72,714 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 73,995 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 76,997 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 72,975 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 65,922 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 71,656 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 73,261 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 79,539 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 78,109 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 53,519 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2000 | 69,940 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2001 | 79,133 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 67,443 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 73,233 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 75,761 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 72,919 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 71,165 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 64,908 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2008 | 73,100 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 77,298 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 74,364 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 74,648 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 72,909 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 71,371 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 79,781 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2015 | 76,531 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 73,791 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 74,305 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 66,163 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 75,582 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2020 | 59,959 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2021 | 63,720 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 57,573 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 68,390 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2024 | 63,172 kg/ha | -7.6% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 63,172 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 63,172 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,799 kg/ha | 53,043 kg/ha | 73,245 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,467 kg/ha | 53,819 kg/ha | 79,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,102 kg/ha | 57,684 kg/ha | 82,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,869 kg/ha | 53,519 kg/ha | 79,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,490 kg/ha | 64,908 kg/ha | 79,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,944 kg/ha | 66,163 kg/ha | 79,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 62,563 kg/ha | 57,573 kg/ha | 68,390 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Mauritius?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Mauritius was 63,172 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 82,398 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 53,043 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Mauritius rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 61st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.