Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 9,200 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 9,200 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 93.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Mozambique peaked at 10,838 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,328 kg/ha, in 1992.
Mozambique ranks 59th of 93 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,467 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,667 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 3,467 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 3,600 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,500 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,625 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 3,875 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 3,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,062 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 4,125 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 4,188 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 4,250 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 4,023 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 4,138 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 4,138 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,056 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 4,111 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 4,111 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,111 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 4,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 4,111 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 4,861 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1991 | 3,796 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1992 | 3,328 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 4,168 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1994 | 3,690 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 4,240 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1996 | 4,767 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 5,382 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 5,556 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 5,796 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 5,791 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 7,163 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2002 | 4,856 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2003 | 5,882 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 6,002 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 4,316 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2006 | 6,391 kg/ha | +48.1% |
| 2007 | 4,990 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2008 | 4,025 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2009 | 4,522 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2010 | 4,544 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 4,638 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 5,375 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2013 | 4,612 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 4,752 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 4,474 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 4,673 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 5,156 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 8,361 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 2019 | 7,800 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 10,838 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2021 | 6,700 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2022 | 7,100 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 8,708 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2024 | 9,200 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 9,200 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 9,533 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 9,200 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +62.2% | 5,156 kg/ha | 8,361 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +48.1% | 4,316 kg/ha | 6,391 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -38.2% | 10,838 kg/ha | 6,700 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,544 kg/ha | 3,467 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,002 kg/ha | 3,625 kg/ha | 4,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,078 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,559 kg/ha | 3,328 kg/ha | 5,796 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,394 kg/ha | 4,025 kg/ha | 7,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,438 kg/ha | 4,474 kg/ha | 8,361 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,509 kg/ha | 6,700 kg/ha | 10,838 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Mozambique?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Mozambique was 9,200 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 10,838 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,328 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 59th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.6%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. 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.