Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 0.0002 ha per person for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 59.9% on the previous year and up 231.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritius peaked at 0.0002 ha per person in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha per person, in 1980.
Mauritius ranks 64th 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 Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0001 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0001 ha per person | -18.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0001 ha per person | -20.7% |
| 1964 | 0.0001 ha per person | -34.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0001 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 0 ha per person | -27.2% |
| 1967 | 0 ha per person | -42.5% |
| 1968 | 0 ha per person | +9.7% |
| 1969 | 0 ha per person | -17.2% |
| 1970 | 0 ha per person | +10.6% |
| 1971 | 0 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 0 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 0 ha per person | -23.4% |
| 1974 | 0 ha per person | -57.8% |
| 1975 | 0 ha per person | +47.7% |
| 1976 | 0 ha per person | -23.5% |
| 1977 | 0 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 0 ha per person | +83.3% |
| 1979 | 0 ha per person | -39.5% |
| 1980 | 0 ha per person | -38.5% |
| 1981 | 0 ha per person | +313.8% |
| 1982 | 0 ha per person | +64.6% |
| 1983 | 0 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 0 ha per person | -60.4% |
| 1985 | 0 ha per person | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 0 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 0 ha per person | +98.5% |
| 1988 | 0 ha per person | +31.4% |
| 1989 | 0 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 0 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 0 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 0 ha per person | -34.2% |
| 1993 | 0 ha per person | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 0 ha per person | -29.6% |
| 1995 | 0 ha per person | +48.7% |
| 1996 | 0 ha per person | +65.0% |
| 1997 | 0 ha per person | -17.0% |
| 1998 | 0 ha per person | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 0 ha per person | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 0 ha per person | +35.8% |
| 2001 | 0 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 0 ha per person | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 0 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0 ha per person | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 ha per person | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 0 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 ha per person | +35.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 ha per person | +22.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 0 ha per person | -28.2% |
| 2015 | 0 ha per person | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 0 ha per person | -32.7% |
| 2017 | 0 ha per person | +17.0% |
| 2018 | 0 ha per person | +31.6% |
| 2019 | 0 ha per person | -25.9% |
| 2020 | 0 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 ha per person | +190.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 ha per person | +59.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +313.8% | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person |
| 2021 | +190.2% | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 ha per person | 0 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritius?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Mauritius was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha per person in 1980.
- How does Mauritius rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Mauritius ranks 64th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 231.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.