Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania
Mauritania: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0028 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▬ Flat
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania is 0.0028 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania peaked at 0.0045 ha per square kilometre in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.0015 ha per square kilometre, in 1980.
Mauritania ranks 82nd of 99 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +23.3% |
| 1972 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | -51.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +115.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -60.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | -24.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 0.0028 ha per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0781 ha per square kilometre, 4% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 0.0028 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0885 ha per square kilometre, 3% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +115.0% | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre |
| 1979 | -60.9% | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre |
| 1973 | -51.2% | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre |
| 1969 | +50.0% | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0019 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 0.002 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 79 Argentina 0.0034 ha per square kilometre compare
- 80 Pakistan 0.0032 ha per square kilometre compare
- 81 Puerto Rico 0.0029 ha per square kilometre compare
- 83 Chile 0.0019 ha per square kilometre compare
- 84 Mexico 0.0019 ha per square kilometre compare
- 85 Belize 0.0017 ha per square kilometre 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 square kilometre in Mauritania?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in Mauritania was 0.0028 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0045 ha per square kilometre in 1977.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0015 ha per square kilometre in 1980.
- How does Mauritania rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Mauritania ranks 82nd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.