Agriculture & Rural in Mauritius

32 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Mauritius.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% 2024 up 100.1% 116th
Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% 2024 down 36.0% 60th
Rural population 61.0% 2025 up 1.1% 42nd
Rural population growth -0.2% 2025 down 160.3% 127th
Rural population 758,222 2025 down 0.5% 140th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% 2025 up 52.2% 113th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ 2025 up 102.2% 144th
Land under cereal production 129 hectares 2023 down 67.5% 169th
Cereal yield 11,643 kg per hectare 2023 up 261.7% 6th
Cereal production 1,502 metric tons 2023 up 17.5% 166th
Fertilizer consumption 101.16 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 59.2% 86th
Land area 1,997 sq. km 2023 unchanged 173rd
Agricultural land 859.57 sq. km 2023 down 0.0% 167th
Agricultural land 43.0% 2023 down 0.0% 87th
Arable land 75,000 hectares 2023 unchanged 153rd
Permanent cropland 2.0% 2023 down 6.1% 91st
Arable land 37.6% 2023 unchanged 15th
Arable land 0.0601 hectares per person 2023 up 0.8% 143rd
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 3.2% 2025 down 32.6% 131st
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 5.7% 2025 down 32.9% 136th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 4.7% 2025 down 33.8% 133rd
Average precipitation in depth 2,041 mm per year 2022 unchanged 32nd
Crop production index 67.76 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 34.1% 191st
Food production index 84.4 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 17.6% 182nd
Livestock production index 119.39 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 17.4% 55th
Forest area 19.5% 2023 up 1.4% 133rd
Forest area 388.9 sq. km 2023 up 1.4% 170th
Fertilizer consumption 1,030.8% 2004 up 443.4% 17th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 47.9% 2022 down 23.7% 107th
Surface area 2,010 sq. km 2023 up 0.1% 175th
Access to electricity, rural 100.0% 2024 up 0.7% 1st
Agricultural irrigated land 15.7% 2023 down 28.9% 20th