Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 1.21 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mozambique, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Mozambique is 1.21 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 1,150.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 1.21 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 86,255 ha, in 2015.
Mozambique ranks 6th of 129 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 223,800 ha | — |
| 2003 | 300,000 ha | +34.0% |
| 2004 | 330,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 462,200 ha | +40.1% |
| 2006 | 453,300 ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 523,500 ha | +15.5% |
| 2008 | 470,700 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 500,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 698,336 ha | +39.7% |
| 2011 | 668,345 ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 789,798 ha | +18.2% |
| 2013 | 776,777 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 96,500 ha | -87.6% |
| 2015 | 86,255 ha | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 440,544 ha | +410.7% |
| 2017 | 752,391 ha | +70.8% |
| 2018 | 876,892 ha | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 939,996 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 883,217 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 907,950 ha | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 566,127 ha | -37.6% |
| 2023 | 1.16 million ha | +105.6% |
| 2024 | 1.21 million ha | +3.7% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 1.21 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,914 ha, 9.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 1.21 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 91,234 ha, 13.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +410.7% | 86,255 ha | 440,544 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 407,938 ha | 223,800 ha | 523,500 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 612,583 ha | 86,255 ha | 939,996 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 945,571 ha | 566,127 ha | 1.21 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 3 Myanmar 2.55 million ha compare
- 4 Mexico 1.37 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.05 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 513,001 ha compare
- 5 Kenya 1.23 million ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 373,014 ha compare
- 7 Uganda 863,246 ha compare
- 8 Burundi 747,771 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 171,585 ha compare
- 9 China 738,345 ha compare
- 9 Viet Nam 114,184 ha compare
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 beans, dry — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Mozambique was 1.21 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.21 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 86,255 ha in 2015.
- How does Mozambique rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 6th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,150.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.