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Agricultural land share — Mauritania

Agricultural land share in Mauritania in 2023 — 38.53%. Ranked 101 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.18 pp.

2023 38.53% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 101of 209
Period maximum 38.53%1994
Period minimum 38.27%1975

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Mauritania, 1961–202338.238.338.438.538.619611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 38.34%1963: 38.35%1965: 38.35%1967: 38.35%1969: 38.36%1971: 38.32%1973: 38.3%1975: 38.27%1977: 38.27%1979: 38.27%1981: 38.31%1983: 38.35%1985: 38.38%1987: 38.42%1989: 38.45%1991: 38.48%1993: 38.51%1995: 38.53%1997: 38.53%1999: 38.53%2001: 38.53%2003: 38.53%2005: 38.53%2007: 38.53%2009: 38.53%2011: 38.53%2013: 38.53%2015: 38.53%2017: 38.53%2019: 38.53%2021: 38.53%2023: 38.53%
Change over the period: +0.18 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mauritania

Mauritania 38.53%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Western Africa computed 49.01%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 44.89%
Agricultural land share — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 38.53 +0 pp
2022 38.53 +0 pp
2021 38.53 +0 pp
2020 38.53 +0 pp
2019 38.53 +0 pp
2018 38.53 +0 pp
2017 38.53 +0 pp
2016 38.53 +0 pp
2015 38.53 +0 pp
2014 38.53 +0 pp
2013 38.53 +0 pp
2012 38.53 +0 pp
2011 38.53 +0 pp
2010 38.53 +0 pp
2009 38.53 +0 pp
2008 38.53 +0 pp
2007 38.53 +0 pp
2006 38.53 +0 pp
2005 38.53 +0 pp
2004 38.53 +0 pp
2003 38.53 +0 pp
2002 38.53 +0 pp
2001 38.53 +0 pp
2000 38.53 +0 pp
1999 38.53 +0 pp
1998 38.53 +0 pp
1997 38.53 +0 pp
1996 38.53 +0 pp
1995 38.53 +0 pp
1994 38.53 +0.02 pp
1993 38.51 +0.01 pp
1992 38.5 +0.01 pp
1991 38.48 +0.01 pp
1990 38.47 +0.02 pp
1989 38.45 +0.02 pp
1988 38.44 +0.02 pp
1987 38.42 +0.02 pp
1986 38.4 +0.02 pp
1985 38.38 +0.02 pp
1984 38.36 +0.01 pp
1983 38.35 +0.02 pp
1982 38.33 +0.02 pp
1981 38.31 +0.02 pp
1980 38.29 +0.01 pp
1979 38.27 +0 pp
1978 38.27 −0 pp
1977 38.27 +0 pp
1976 38.27 +0 pp
1975 38.27 −0 pp
1974 38.27 −0.03 pp
1973 38.3 −0.01 pp
1972 38.32 +0 pp
1971 38.32 −0.04 pp
1970 38.36 +0 pp
1969 38.36 +0.01 pp
1968 38.35 +0 pp
1967 38.35 +0 pp
1966 38.35 +0 pp
1965 38.35 +0 pp
1964 38.35 +0 pp
1963 38.35 +0 pp
1962 38.34 +0 pp
1961 38.34 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CI Côte d'Ivoire 86.48 NG Nigeria 76.2 GN Guinea 73.23 TG Togo 70.23 GM Gambia 62.65 GH Ghana 55.39 SL Sierra Leone 54.71 BF Burkina Faso 53.4 SN Senegal 49.4 BJ Benin 41.83 MR Mauritania 38.53 NE Niger 36.79 ML Mali 35.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.89 LR Liberia 19.97 CV Cabo Verde 19.6
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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