Cereals, primary — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cereals, primary — Yield was 776.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cereals, primary — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 776.4 kg/ha for cereals, primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Mozambique peaked at 1,167 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 177.6 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 181st out of 193 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 914.33 kg/ha | 858.2 kg/ha | 960.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 804.54 kg/ha | 571.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 494.73 kg/ha | 393.3 kg/ha | 595.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 620.35 kg/ha | 177.6 kg/ha | 985.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 703.02 kg/ha | 444.7 kg/ha | 880.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 816.26 kg/ha | 606 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 871.88 kg/ha | 685.2 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — yield in Mozambique?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Mozambique was 776.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,167 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 177.6 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 181st out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Yield. 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.