Agriculture share of GDP in Mauritania
Agriculture, forestry and fishing produced 20.0% of GDP in Mauritania in 2025.
Mauritania, 2025
20.0%
Change from 2024
+0.6percentage points
World, 2025
4.0%
Agriculture share of GDP in Mauritania over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20.0% | 4.0% |
| 2024 | 19.3% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 19.2% | 4.1% |
| 2022 | 21.2% | 4.3% |
| 2021 | 19.1% | 4.3% |
| 2020 | 19.2% | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 20.0% | 4.0% |
| 2018 | 23.7% | 3.9% |
| 2017 | 22.7% | 4.1% |
| 2016 | 21.7% | 4.1% |
| 2015 | 20.6% | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 18.8% | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 16.1% | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 16.7% | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 19.2% | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 18.6% | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 18.4% | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 16.6% | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 20.1% | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 22.9% | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 24.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 24.2% | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 24.9% | 3.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 19.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.6%, the figure has changed by −0.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 4.0%.
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Agricultural land
38.5%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,537 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.57e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
50.9%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
1.49e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
4.1e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT