Wheat — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Wheat — Area harvested was 933 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 933 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 73.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 3,590 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1994.
Mauritania ranks 111th of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 330 ha | -26.7% |
| 1967 | 380 ha | +15.2% |
| 1968 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 310 ha | -18.4% |
| 1972 | 360 ha | +16.1% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 420 ha | +35.5% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 340 ha | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | +17.6% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 510 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 512 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 512 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 520 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 470 ha | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 400 ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 1995 | 265 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | +42.9% |
| 1998 | 330 ha | -17.5% |
| 1999 | 321 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 321 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 301 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 299 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 360 ha | +20.4% |
| 2004 | 320 ha | -11.1% |
| 2005 | 250 ha | -21.9% |
| 2006 | 273 ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | +266.3% |
| 2008 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 1,726 ha | -13.7% |
| 2010 | 1,159 ha | -32.9% |
| 2011 | 1,803 ha | +55.6% |
| 2012 | 2,863 ha | +58.8% |
| 2013 | 3,157 ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 3,494 ha | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 3,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,590 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 3,559 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 3,497 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 3,434 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 3,369 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 3,173 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 919 ha | -71.0% |
| 2023 | 915 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 933 ha | +2.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 933 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 2% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 933 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 7% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +266.3% | 273 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2008 | +100.0% | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 2022 | -71.0% | 3,173 ha | 919 ha |
| 2012 | +58.8% | 1,803 ha | 2,863 ha |
| 2011 | +55.6% | 1,159 ha | 1,803 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 413.33 ha | 330 ha | 450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 352 ha | 300 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 479.4 ha | 400 ha | 512 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 373.6 ha | 250 ha | 520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 685 ha | 250 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,006 ha | 1,159 ha | 3,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,862 ha | 915 ha | 3,369 ha | 5 |
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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 wheat — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Wheat — area harvested in Mauritania was 933 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,590 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1994.
- How does Mauritania rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 111th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.