Agriculture & Rural in Mauritania

30 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Mauritania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% 2024 up 1,318.7% 155th
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% 2024 down 13.2% 187th
Rural population 38.5% 2025 down 20.3% 93rd
Rural population growth 0.5% 2025 down 7.5% 82nd
Rural population 2.05 million 2025 up 6.8% 105th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.0% 2025 down 3.3% 39th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.33 billion current US$ 2025 up 82.7% 113th
Land under cereal production 370,911 hectares 2024 up 66.8% 104th
Cereal yield 1,537 kg per hectare 2024 down 8.4% 143rd
Cereal production 570,227 metric tons 2024 up 52.8% 118th
Fertilizer consumption 8.52 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 up 5.0% 167th
Land area 1.03 million sq. km 2023 unchanged 28th
Agricultural land 397,100 sq. km 2023 unchanged 28th
Agricultural land 38.5% 2023 unchanged 102nd
Arable land 450,000 hectares 2023 unchanged 125th
Permanent cropland 0.0% 2023 unchanged 197th
Arable land 0.4% 2023 unchanged 199th
Arable land 0.0896 hectares per person 2023 down 25.6% 117th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 29.5% 2025 down 11.4% 60th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 33.4% 2025 down 11.7% 51st
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 32.1% 2025 down 11.5% 55th
Average precipitation in depth 92 mm per year 2022 unchanged 175th
Crop production index 145.03 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 53.4% 10th
Food production index 116.51 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 25.0% 54th
Livestock production index 109.19 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 17.5% 91st
Forest area 0.3% 2023 down 15.5% 203rd
Forest area 2,964 sq. km 2023 down 15.5% 150th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 90.6% 2022 unchanged 26th
Surface area 1.03 million sq. km 2023 unchanged 28th
Access to electricity, rural 0.8% 2012 down 78.4% 212th