Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 193 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 193 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 59.5% on the previous year and up 227.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 193 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1980.
That places Mauritius 84th out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 83 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70 ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 57 ha | -18.6% |
| 1964 | 38 ha | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 39 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 29 ha | -25.6% |
| 1967 | 17 ha | -41.4% |
| 1968 | 19 ha | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 16 ha | -15.8% |
| 1970 | 18 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1972 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 14 ha | -22.2% |
| 1974 | 6 ha | -57.1% |
| 1975 | 9 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 7 ha | -22.2% |
| 1977 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 13 ha | +85.7% |
| 1979 | 8 ha | -38.5% |
| 1980 | 5 ha | -37.5% |
| 1981 | 21 ha | +320.0% |
| 1982 | 35 ha | +66.7% |
| 1983 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14 ha | -60.0% |
| 1985 | 15 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 17 ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 34 ha | +100.0% |
| 1988 | 45 ha | +32.4% |
| 1989 | 44 ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 43 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 45 ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 30 ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 20 ha | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 1997 | 42 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 35 ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 48 ha | +37.1% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 58 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 60 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 67 ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 58 ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 79 ha | +36.2% |
| 2008 | 71 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 77 ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 70 ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 65 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 80 ha | +23.1% |
| 2013 | 82 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 59 ha | -28.0% |
| 2015 | 52 ha | -11.9% |
| 2016 | 35 ha | -32.7% |
| 2017 | 41 ha | +17.1% |
| 2018 | 54 ha | +31.7% |
| 2019 | 40 ha | -25.9% |
| 2020 | 41 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 119 ha | +190.2% |
| 2022 | 115 ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 121 ha | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 193 ha | +59.5% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 193 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 7% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 193 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 1% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested 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 | +320.0% | 5 ha | 21 ha |
| 2021 | +190.2% | 41 ha | 119 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.89 ha | 16 ha | 83 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.9 ha | 6 ha | 19 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.5 ha | 5 ha | 45 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36.3 ha | 20 ha | 50 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.3 ha | 48 ha | 79 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.8 ha | 35 ha | 82 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117.8 ha | 41 ha | 193 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 81 Guadeloupe 370 ha compare
- 82 New Caledonia 264 ha compare
- 83 Guyana 214 ha compare
- 85 Grenada 187 ha compare
- 86 Trinidad and Tobago 160 ha compare
- 87 El Salvador 132 ha compare
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 in Mauritius?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mauritius was 193 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 193 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1980.
- How does Mauritius rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 84th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 227.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.