Bananas — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Bananas — Area harvested was 68,825 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 68,825 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 75,000 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1968.
Mozambique ranks 21st of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,598 ha | +31.4% |
| 1963 | 5,411 ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,000 ha | +83.3% |
| 1972 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,805 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 13,045 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 11,281 ha | -13.5% |
| 1993 | 12,744 ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 12,351 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 12,534 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 13,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 13,484 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 13,483 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 14,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 15,500 ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 16,800 ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 17,800 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 14,500 ha | -18.5% |
| 2005 | 16,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 32,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 2009 | 40,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 45,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2011 | 45,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 62,000 ha | +37.8% |
| 2013 | 75,000 ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 72,338 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 75,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 61,103 ha | -18.5% |
| 2019 | 66,513 ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 73,010 ha | +9.8% |
| 2021 | 66,595 ha | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 66,661 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 66,727 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 68,825 ha | +3.1% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 68,825 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 68,825 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 5.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Mozambique changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +100.0% | 3,000 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 1971 | +83.3% | 6,000 ha | 11,000 ha |
| 2012 | +37.8% | 45,000 ha | 62,000 ha |
| 1962 | +31.4% | 4,260 ha | 5,598 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,808 ha | 3,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,300 ha | 11,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,823 ha | 11,281 ha | 13,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,160 ha | 14,000 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,195 ha | 45,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,364 ha | 66,595 ha | 73,010 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 18 Papua New Guinea 76,416 ha compare
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- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 12,086 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 72,365 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 62,047 ha compare
- 23 Malawi 58,474 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2557 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2557 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 160.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6279 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Bananas — area harvested in Mozambique was 68,825 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 75,000 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1968.
- How does Mozambique rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 21st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.