Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0006 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.0006 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritania peaked at 0.0035 ha per person in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0.0006 ha per person, in 2024.
Mauritania ranks 44th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0024 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0023 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0022 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 0.0021 ha per person | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.002 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0019 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0028 ha per person | +45.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0027 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0033 ha per person | +19.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0035 ha per person | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 ha per person | -52.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0035 ha per person | +108.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0034 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0034 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0034 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0033 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0013 ha per person | -62.0% |
| 1980 | 0.001 ha per person | -19.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0012 ha per person | +16.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0013 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0013 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0013 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0014 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0013 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0013 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0013 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0015 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0011 ha per person | -27.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0011 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0008 ha per person | -28.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0009 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0009 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0009 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0008 ha per person | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0008 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0008 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0007 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0007 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0007 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0007 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0007 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0007 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0007 ha per person | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0007 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0007 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0006 ha per person | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0006 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0006 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0006 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0006 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0006 ha per person | -2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +108.7% | 0.0017 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person |
| 1979 | -62.0% | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person |
| 1973 | -52.7% | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person |
| 1969 | +45.5% | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person |
| 1993 | -28.0% | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person |
| 1991 | -27.0% | 0.0015 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0013 ha per person | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0015 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 41 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0007 ha per person compare
- 42 Philippines 0.0007 ha per person compare
- 43 Niger 0.0006 ha per person compare
- 45 Peru 0.0005 ha per person compare
- 46 Honduras 0.0004 ha per person compare
- 47 Burkina Faso 0.0004 ha per person 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)
- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritania?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritania was 0.0006 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0035 ha per person in 1972.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0006 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Mauritania rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 44th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.