Cereal yield in Mauritania

Cereal farms in Mauritania harvested 1,537 kg per hectare in 2024.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2024 1,537 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −15.4% 2023: 1,817 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Mauritania (2024).
Position in 2024 138th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Mauritania over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period MauritaniaWorld
2024 1,537 kg per hectare –
2023 1,817 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 1,499 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 2,036 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 1,322 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 1,391 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 1,506 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 1,911 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 1,232 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 1,263 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 1,679 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 1,197 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 1,034 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 1,375 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 955 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 713 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 766 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 706 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 661 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 841 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 638 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 798 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 1,012 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 639 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 864 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −15.4% from 1,817 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 1,679 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −8.4%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Mauritania has the 138th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)