Mauritania - Land under cereal production

Land under cereal production (hectares)

The value for Land under cereal production (hectares) in Mauritania was 257,100 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 332,419 in 2012 and a minimum value of 70,240 in 1977.

Definition: Land under cereal production refers to harvested area, although some countries report only sown or cultivated area. Cereals include wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 246,050
1962 246,050
1963 252,600
1964 252,600
1965 307,600
1966 257,480
1967 257,480
1968 258,138
1969 288,012
1970 258,398
1971 268,830
1972 209,160
1973 137,315
1974 167,510
1975 118,566
1976 80,337
1977 70,240
1978 120,140
1979 122,370
1980 111,847
1981 141,779
1982 136,590
1983 102,610
1984 103,413
1985 168,860
1986 181,460
1987 150,170
1988 201,862
1989 193,452
1990 118,921
1991 156,051
1992 123,615
1993 198,688
1994 309,758
1995 287,006
1996 275,857
1997 196,614
1998 211,870
1999 224,415
2000 207,873
2001 194,281
2002 111,450
2003 226,096
2004 180,431
2005 203,017
2006 253,038
2007 258,435
2008 247,506
2009 239,039
2010 291,534
2011 144,844
2012 332,419
2013 260,450
2014 222,353
2015 235,683
2016 258,373
2017 259,954
2018 257,100

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production