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Arable land — Mauritius

Arable land in Mauritius in 2023 — 75,000 ha. Ranked 153 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 16.7%.

2023 75,000 ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 153of 206
Period maximum 100,000 ha1968
Period minimum 75,000 ha2013

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Mauritius, 1961–202370,00080,00090,000100,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 90,000 ha1963: 91,000 ha1965: 92,000 ha1967: 94,000 ha1969: 100,000 ha1971: 100,000 ha1973: 100,000 ha1975: 99,000 ha1977: 100,000 ha1979: 100,000 ha1981: 100,000 ha1983: 100,000 ha1985: 100,000 ha1987: 100,000 ha1989: 99,000 ha1991: 97,000 ha1993: 94,000 ha1995: 92,000 ha1997: 90,000 ha1999: 89,000 ha2001: 91,000 ha2003: 88,000 ha2005: 85,000 ha2007: 81,000 ha2009: 80,000 ha2011: 78,000 ha2013: 75,000 ha2015: 75,000 ha2017: 75,000 ha2019: 75,000 ha2021: 75,000 ha2023: 75,000 ha
Change over the period: −15,000 (−16.67%) Average annual rate: -0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritius 75,000 ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 374M ha
Arable land — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 75,000 +0 +0%
2022 75,000 +0 +0%
2021 75,000 +0 +0%
2020 75,000 +0 +0%
2019 75,000 +0 +0%
2018 75,000 +0 +0%
2017 75,000 +0 +0%
2016 75,000 +0 +0%
2015 75,000 +0 +0%
2014 75,000 +0 +0%
2013 75,000 −1,000 −1.32%
2012 76,000 −2,000 −2.56%
2011 78,000 −2,000 −2.5%
2010 80,000 +0 +0%
2009 80,000 +0 +0%
2008 80,000 −1,000 −1.23%
2007 81,000 −2,000 −2.41%
2006 83,000 −2,000 −2.35%
2005 85,000 −2,000 −2.3%
2004 87,000 −1,000 −1.14%
2003 88,000 −1,000 −1.12%
2002 89,000 −2,000 −2.2%
2001 91,000 +1,000 +1.11%
2000 90,000 +1,000 +1.12%
1999 89,000 −2,000 −2.2%
1998 91,000 +1,000 +1.11%
1997 90,000 −1,000 −1.1%
1996 91,000 −1,000 −1.09%
1995 92,000 −1,000 −1.08%
1994 93,000 −1,000 −1.06%
1993 94,000 −2,000 −2.08%
1992 96,000 −1,000 −1.03%
1991 97,000 −1,000 −1.02%
1990 98,000 −1,000 −1.01%
1989 99,000 −1,000 −1%
1988 100,000 +0 +0%
1987 100,000 +0 +0%
1986 100,000 +0 +0%
1985 100,000 +0 +0%
1984 100,000 +0 +0%
1983 100,000 +0 +0%
1982 100,000 +0 +0%
1981 100,000 +0 +0%
1980 100,000 +0 +0%
1979 100,000 +0 +0%
1978 100,000 +0 +0%
1977 100,000 +0 +0%
1976 100,000 +1,000 +1.01%
1975 99,000 −1,000 −1%
1974 100,000 +0 +0%
1973 100,000 +0 +0%
1972 100,000 +0 +0%
1971 100,000 +0 +0%
1970 100,000 +0 +0%
1969 100,000 +0 +0%
1968 100,000 +6,000 +6.38%
1967 94,000 +5,000 +5.62%
1966 89,000 −3,000 −3.26%
1965 92,000 +1,000 +1.1%
1964 91,000 +0 +0%
1963 91,000 +0 +0%
1962 91,000 +1,000 +1.11%
1961 90,000 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

ET Ethiopia 16.4M TZ Tanzania 13.5M UG Uganda 6.9M KE Kenya 6.63M MZ Mozambique 5.65M ZW Zimbabwe 4.02M MW Malawi 4M ZM Zambia 3.8M MG Madagascar 3M SS South Sudan 2.49M BI Burundi 1.32M RW Rwanda 1.16M SO Somalia 1.1M ER Eritrea 690,000 MU Mauritius 75,000 KM Comoros 65,000 DJ Djibouti 3,000 SC Seychelles 150
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About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

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

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