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Agricultural land in Mauritius

Agricultural land in Mauritius was 40.9% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 97th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202440.9% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank97th of 224Countries ranked
Series high56.21985
Series low40.62016

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Agricultural land in Mauritius, 1961 to 2024

404550556019611971198119912001201120241961: 48.8 %1962: 49.3 %1963: 49.3 %1964: 49.3 %1965: 49.8 %1966: 48.8 %1967: 52 %1968: 54.7 %1969: 54.7 %1970: 55.2 %1971: 55.2 %1972: 55.7 %1973: 55.7 %1974: 55.7 %1975: 55.7 %1976: 55.7 %1977: 55.8 %1978: 55.8 %1979: 55.9 %1980: 55.9 %1981: 56 %1982: 56 %1983: 56.1 %1984: 56.1 %1985: 56.2 %1986: 56.2 %1987: 56.2 %1988: 55.7 %1989: 55.5 %1990: 55.5 %1991: 55.1 %1992: 55.1 %1993: 54.6 %1994: 54 %1995: 53.2 %1996: 52.2 %1997: 52.8 %1998: 53.5 %1999: 51.6 %2000: 52.4 %2001: 52.9 %2002: 52 %2003: 51.7 %2004: 51 %2005: 49.7 %2006: 48.7 %2007: 47.7 %2008: 45.5 %2009: 45.1 %2010: 44.5 %2011: 43.8 %2012: 42.7 %2013: 42.3 %2014: 40.8 %2015: 40.7 %2016: 40.6 %2017: 40.7 %2018: 40.8 %2019: 40.7 %2020: 40.8 %2021: 40.8 %2022: 40.8 %2023: 40.8 %2024: 40.9 %404550556019611983200520241961: 48.8 %1962: 49.3 %1963: 49.3 %1964: 49.3 %1965: 49.8 %1966: 48.8 %1967: 52 %1968: 54.7 %1969: 54.7 %1970: 55.2 %1971: 55.2 %1972: 55.7 %1973: 55.7 %1974: 55.7 %1975: 55.7 %1976: 55.7 %1977: 55.8 %1978: 55.8 %1979: 55.9 %1980: 55.9 %1981: 56 %1982: 56 %1983: 56.1 %1984: 56.1 %1985: 56.2 %1986: 56.2 %1987: 56.2 %1988: 55.7 %1989: 55.5 %1990: 55.5 %1991: 55.1 %1992: 55.1 %1993: 54.6 %1994: 54 %1995: 53.2 %1996: 52.2 %1997: 52.8 %1998: 53.5 %1999: 51.6 %2000: 52.4 %2001: 52.9 %2002: 52 %2003: 51.7 %2004: 51 %2005: 49.7 %2006: 48.7 %2007: 47.7 %2008: 45.5 %2009: 45.1 %2010: 44.5 %2011: 43.8 %2012: 42.7 %2013: 42.3 %2014: 40.8 %2015: 40.7 %2016: 40.6 %2017: 40.7 %2018: 40.8 %2019: 40.7 %2020: 40.8 %2021: 40.8 %2022: 40.8 %2023: 40.8 %2024: 40.9 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202440.9 Estimated
202340.8 Estimated
202240.8 Estimated
202140.8 Estimated
202040.8 Estimated
201940.7 Estimated
201840.8 Estimated
201740.7 Estimated
201640.6 Estimated
201540.7 Estimated
201440.8 Estimated
201342.3 Estimated
201242.7 Estimated
201143.8 Estimated
201044.5 Estimated
200945.1 Estimated
200845.5 Estimated
200747.7 Estimated
200648.7 Estimated
200549.7 Estimated
200451 Estimated
200351.7 Estimated
200252 Estimated
200152.9 Estimated
200052.4 Estimated
199951.6 Estimated
199853.5 Estimated
199752.8 Estimated
199652.2 Estimated
199553.2 Estimated
199454 Estimated
199354.6 Estimated
199255.1 Estimated
199155.1 Estimated
199055.5 Estimated
198955.5 Estimated
198855.7 Estimated
198756.2 Estimated
198656.2 Estimated
198556.2 Estimated
198456.1 Estimated
198356.1 Estimated
198256 Estimated
198156 Estimated
198055.9 Estimated
197955.9 Estimated
197855.8 Estimated
197755.8 Estimated
197655.7 Estimated
197555.7 Estimated
197455.7 Estimated
197355.7 Estimated
197255.7 Estimated
197155.2 Estimated
197055.2 Estimated
196954.7 Estimated
196854.7 Estimated
196752 Estimated
196648.8 Estimated
196549.8 Estimated
196449.3 Estimated
196349.3 Estimated
196249.3 Estimated
196148.8 Estimated

Mauritius compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Mauritius is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Mauritius, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Mauritius, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/mauritius. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Mauritius, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/mauritius.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Mauritius, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/mauritius (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Mauritius?

Agricultural land in Mauritius was 40.9% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 97th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Mauritius?

56.2% in 1985, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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