Arable land per capita — all countries

Arable land per capita — Mauritania

Arable land per capita in Mauritania in 2023 — 0.0896 ha/person. Ranked 117 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 71.6%.

2023 0.0896 ha/person −2.92% vs 2022
World rank 117of 206
Period maximum 0.3155 ha/person1961
Period minimum 0.0896 ha/person2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares per capita

Arable land per capita — Mauritania, 1961–202300.10.20.30.419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.3155 ha/person1963: 0.2989 ha/person1965: 0.2802 ha/person1967: 0.266 ha/person1969: 0.2606 ha/person1971: 0.2108 ha/person1973: 0.1877 ha/person1975: 0.1503 ha/person1977: 0.1448 ha/person1979: 0.1361 ha/person1981: 0.1516 ha/person1983: 0.168 ha/person1985: 0.1763 ha/person1987: 0.1886 ha/person1989: 0.1997 ha/person1991: 0.204 ha/person1993: 0.1982 ha/person1995: 0.1946 ha/person1997: 0.1866 ha/person1999: 0.177 ha/person2001: 0.168 ha/person2003: 0.1606 ha/person2005: 0.1531 ha/person2007: 0.1455 ha/person2009: 0.137 ha/person2011: 0.1285 ha/person2013: 0.1205 ha/person2015: 0.1135 ha/person2017: 0.1069 ha/person2019: 0.1007 ha/person2021: 0.095 ha/person2023: 0.0896 ha/person
Change over the period: −0.2259 (−71.6%) Average annual rate: -2.01 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 0.0896 ha/person
World 0.1717 ha/person
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.1904 ha/person
Western Africa computed 0.2242 ha/person
Lower-middle-income countries computed 0.1258 ha/person
Arable land per capita — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha/person Change Change, %
2023 0.0896 −0.0027 −2.92%
2022 0.0923 −0.0027 −2.89%
2021 0.095 −0.0028 −2.85%
2020 0.0978 −0.0029 −2.88%
2019 0.1007 −0.003 −2.91%
2018 0.1037 −0.0031 −2.93%
2017 0.1069 −0.0032 −2.94%
2016 0.1101 −0.0034 −2.95%
2015 0.1135 −0.0035 −2.96%
2014 0.1169 −0.0036 −2.97%
2013 0.1205 −0.0038 −3.09%
2012 0.1243 −0.0041 −3.21%
2011 0.1285 −0.0042 −3.19%
2010 0.1327 −0.0043 −3.14%
2009 0.137 −0.0044 −3.08%
2008 0.1414 −0.0041 −2.83%
2007 0.1455 −0.0038 −2.57%
2006 0.1493 −0.0038 −2.48%
2005 0.1531 −0.0038 −2.4%
2004 0.1569 −0.0037 −2.32%
2003 0.1606 −0.0037 −2.26%
2002 0.1643 −0.0037 −2.19%
2001 0.168 −0.0042 −2.44%
2000 0.1722 −0.0049 −2.75%
1999 0.177 −0.0048 −2.64%
1998 0.1818 −0.0048 −2.56%
1997 0.1866 −0.0042 −2.2%
1996 0.1908 −0.0038 −1.96%
1995 0.1946 −0.0054 −2.71%
1994 0.2 +0.0018 +0.92%
1993 0.1982 −0.0029 −1.45%
1992 0.2011 −0.0029 −1.41%
1991 0.204 −0.0009 −0.45%
1990 0.2049 +0.0053 +2.63%
1989 0.1997 +0.0057 +2.94%
1988 0.194 +0.0054 +2.87%
1987 0.1886 +0.0059 +3.23%
1986 0.1827 +0.0064 +3.64%
1985 0.1763 +0.0069 +4.1%
1984 0.1693 +0.0013 +0.76%
1983 0.168 +0.0079 +4.94%
1982 0.1601 +0.0085 +5.61%
1981 0.1516 +0.0092 +6.43%
1980 0.1425 +0.0064 +4.68%
1979 0.1361 −0.0018 −1.28%
1978 0.1379 −0.0069 −4.78%
1977 0.1448 −0.0035 −2.34%
1976 0.1483 −0.0021 −1.37%
1975 0.1503 −0.0077 −4.89%
1974 0.158 −0.0297 −15.82%
1973 0.1877 −0.0168 −8.23%
1972 0.2046 −0.0063 −2.97%
1971 0.2108 −0.042 −16.6%
1970 0.2528 −0.0078 −3.01%
1969 0.2606 +0.0016 +0.62%
1968 0.259 −0.007 −2.62%
1967 0.266 −0.0071 −2.59%
1966 0.2731 −0.0071 −2.54%
1965 0.2802 −0.0093 −3.21%
1964 0.2895 −0.0094 −3.14%
1963 0.2989 −0.0083 −2.71%
1962 0.3072 −0.0084 −2.65%
1961 0.3155

About the indicator

The area of arable land per inhabitant, in hectares. A key resource indicator of food security: countries with little arable land per person must either achieve very high yields or import food. The world value is falling — the area of arable land is barely growing while the population increases.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its arable land over all of its population. The indicator speaks of land endowment, not of yield: a hectare gives different amounts in different climates.

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