Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 926,390 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 926,390 ha.
That represents a change of up 6.0% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 1.29 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 556,000 ha, in 2020.
That places Mozambique 6th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 766,667 ha | 750,000 ha | 800,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 807,000 ha | 800,000 ha | 870,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 894,000 ha | 870,000 ha | 900,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 958,322 ha | 842,392 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 975,115 ha | 709,700 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 896,458 ha | 750,000 ha | 1.29 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 839,050 ha | 556,000 ha | 928,081 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture share gdp 25.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 62.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 22.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,740 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Mozambique was 926,390 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.29 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 556,000 ha in 2020.
- How does Mozambique rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 6th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.