Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 543 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 543 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 1,085 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 504 ha, in 1973.
That places Mauritius 109th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,067 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,012 ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 994 ha | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 916 ha | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 760 ha | -17.0% |
| 1966 | 572 ha | -24.7% |
| 1967 | 776 ha | +35.7% |
| 1968 | 802 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 788 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 520 ha | -34.0% |
| 1971 | 581 ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 514 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 504 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 531 ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 630 ha | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 567 ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 737 ha | +30.0% |
| 1978 | 739 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 619 ha | -22.6% |
| 1981 | 665 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 812 ha | +22.1% |
| 1983 | 891 ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 904 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 693 ha | -23.3% |
| 1986 | 858 ha | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 647 ha | -24.6% |
| 1988 | 688 ha | +6.3% |
| 1989 | 813 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 975 ha | +19.9% |
| 1991 | 887 ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 963 ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 1,085 ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 864 ha | -20.4% |
| 1995 | 1,077 ha | +24.7% |
| 1996 | 997 ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 1,061 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,040 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 776 ha | -25.4% |
| 2000 | 788 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 934 ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 947 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,044 ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 953 ha | -8.7% |
| 2005 | 918 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 956 ha | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 734 ha | -23.2% |
| 2008 | 744 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 781 ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 830 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 761 ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 827 ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 816 ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 857 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 740 ha | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 730 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 722 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 683 ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 643 ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 626 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 655 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 537 ha | -18.0% |
| 2023 | 626 ha | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 543 ha | -13.3% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 543 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 9% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 543 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 6% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 854.11 ha | 572 ha | 1,067 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 612.3 ha | 504 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 759 ha | 619 ha | 904 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 972.5 ha | 776 ha | 1,085 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 879.9 ha | 734 ha | 1,044 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 760.9 ha | 643 ha | 857 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 597.4 ha | 537 ha | 655 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Mauritius was 543 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 1,085 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 504 ha in 1973.
- How does Mauritius rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 109th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritius data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tomatoes — 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.