Yams — Area harvested in Mauritania
Mauritania: Yams — Area harvested was 485 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Mauritania is 485 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Mauritania peaked at 490 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 260 ha, in 1961.
Mauritania ranks 38th of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 290 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 290 ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 420 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 430 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 430 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 438 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 444 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 400 ha | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 370 ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 408 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 409 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 412 ha | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 414 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 416 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 419 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 415 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 415 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 415 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 450 ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 445 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 452 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 449 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 452 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 454 ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 470 ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 490 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 475 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 463 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 466 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 469 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 471 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 474 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 477 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 480 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 481 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 483 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 485 ha | +0.4% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 485 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 7% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 485 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 6% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 284.44 ha | 260 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 329 ha | 300 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 407 ha | 370 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 409.1 ha | 370 ha | 444 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 429 ha | 414 ha | 452 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 468.4 ha | 452 ha | 490 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 481.2 ha | 477 ha | 485 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 35 Kenya 1,392 ha compare
- 36 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
- 37 Dominica 938 ha compare
- 39 Puerto Rico 413 ha compare
- 40 Malaysia 396 ha compare
- 41 Sao Tome and Principe 392 ha 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 yams — area harvested in Mauritania?
- Yams — area harvested in Mauritania was 485 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 490 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 ha in 1961.
- How does Mauritania rank for yams — area harvested?
- Mauritania ranks 38th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.