Yams — Yield in Mauritania
Mauritania: Yams — Yield was 6,259 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Mauritania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 6,259 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Mauritania peaked at 7,037 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 5,312 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Mauritania 40th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Yams — Yield in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,923 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,037 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 7,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,897 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,897 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,897 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6,897 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 7,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,129 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1973 | 5,312 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 5,625 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 5,454 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 5,588 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 5,714 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 5,714 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,676 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 5,676 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,790 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 5,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,750 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 5,854 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 5,952 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 6,190 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 6,046 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 6,279 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 6,279 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,393 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 6,532 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 7,000 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 5,676 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 6,250 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 6,313 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 6,310 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,250 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 6,280 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 6,277 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,274 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,272 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,269 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,265 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 6,280 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 6,275 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,222 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,269 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 6,268 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,267 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,265 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,263 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,383 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,122 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 6,246 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 6,270 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 6,261 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 6,259 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,259 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,256 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,250 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 6,255 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 6,261 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,260 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,259 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Mauritania compared with similar countries
- Mauritania's 6,259 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Mauritania's 6,259 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,954 kg/ha | 6,897 kg/ha | 7,037 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,921 kg/ha | 5,312 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,961 kg/ha | 5,676 kg/ha | 6,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,328 kg/ha | 5,676 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,266 kg/ha | 6,222 kg/ha | 6,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,258 kg/ha | 6,122 kg/ha | 6,383 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,257 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 6,261 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 37 Malaysia 6,777 kg/ha compare
- 38 Cameroon 6,728 kg/ha compare
- 39 Central African Republic 6,518 kg/ha compare
- 41 Gabon 6,205 kg/ha compare
- 42 Puerto Rico 5,952 kg/ha compare
- 43 Sao Tome and Principe 5,806 kg/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 — yield in Mauritania?
- Yams — yield in Mauritania was 6,259 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 7,037 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,312 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Mauritania rank for yams — yield?
- Mauritania ranks 40th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — 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.