Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 15,851 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 15,851 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Mauritius peaked at 19,376 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,286 kg/ha, in 1983.
Mauritius ranks 32nd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,072 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,386 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 12,316 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1964 | 12,263 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 12,256 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 12,034 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 13,706 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 14,105 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 13,688 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 11,722 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1971 | 13,368 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 11,833 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 12,786 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 13,833 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 13,000 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 17,571 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1977 | 18,714 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 12,615 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1979 | 13,125 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 17,000 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1981 | 11,143 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1982 | 9,571 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 4,286 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 1984 | 12,857 kg/ha | +200.0% |
| 1985 | 13,333 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 12,941 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 8,529 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1988 | 8,667 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 8,636 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 7,558 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 7,556 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 11,000 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1993 | 11,893 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 13,500 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 13,000 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 15,000 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 15,048 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 11,875 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1999 | 11,429 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 13,562 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2001 | 13,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 11,273 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2003 | 8,621 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2004 | 10,833 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 9,731 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 7,034 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2007 | 10,127 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2008 | 11,254 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 12,338 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 11,414 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 17,477 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 2012 | 15,250 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 13,305 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 13,220 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 13,192 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 12,830 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 11,298 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 10,796 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 10,350 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 11,951 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2021 | 13,403 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 15,252 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2023 | 19,376 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2024 | 15,851 kg/ha | -18.2% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 15,851 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,330 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 15,851 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +200.0% | 4,286 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,870 kg/ha | 8,072 kg/ha | 14,105 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,857 kg/ha | 11,722 kg/ha | 18,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,696 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha | 17,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,786 kg/ha | 7,556 kg/ha | 15,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,827 kg/ha | 7,034 kg/ha | 13,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,913 kg/ha | 10,350 kg/ha | 17,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,167 kg/ha | 11,951 kg/ha | 19,376 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Mauritius?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Mauritius was 15,851 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 19,376 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,286 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Mauritius rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 32nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.