Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mauritania
Mauritania: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2863 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mauritania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 0.2863 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mauritania peaked at 1.29 in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.2863, in 2023.
Mauritania ranks 110th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9105 | 0.7831 | 1.01 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9851 | 0.8183 | 1.29 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8979 | 0.7724 | 1.18 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8529 | 0.691 | 1.12 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7611 | 0.7058 | 0.8693 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4616 | 0.364 | 0.6049 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3231 | 0.2863 | 0.3814 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mauritania?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Mauritania was 0.2863 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 in 1973.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2863 in 2023.
- How does Mauritania rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Mauritania ranks 110th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).