Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 6,271 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mozambique is 6,271 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 14,260 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,900 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 72nd out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,200 ha | +26.5% |
| 1964 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 6,200 ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,400 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 7,500 ha | +17.2% |
| 1971 | 7,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 7,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 8,900 ha | +20.3% |
| 1974 | 8,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 8,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 9,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 8,900 ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 9,200 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,700 ha | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 9,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,200 ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,520 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 9,098 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 5,950 ha | -34.6% |
| 1993 | 6,721 ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 6,433 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 6,705 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 7,109 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 7,296 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 7,767 ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 7,616 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 6,080 ha | -20.2% |
| 2001 | 5,621 ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 5,243 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 6,481 ha | +23.6% |
| 2004 | 6,640 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 6,773 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 7,204 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 7,343 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 7,695 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 7,873 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 9,890 ha | +25.6% |
| 2011 | 10,932 ha | +10.5% |
| 2012 | 12,995 ha | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 14,260 ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 6,829 ha | -52.1% |
| 2015 | 6,942 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 6,875 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 7,671 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 7,330 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 7,155 ha | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 7,052 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 6,721 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 6,527 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 6,402 ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 6,271 ha | -2.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 6,271 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,542 ha, 83% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 6,271 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,473 ha, 97% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -52.1% | 14,260 ha | 6,829 ha |
| 1992 | -34.6% | 9,098 ha | 5,950 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,956 ha | 4,900 ha | 6,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,390 ha | 7,400 ha | 9,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,270 ha | 8,900 ha | 9,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,422 ha | 5,950 ha | 9,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,695 ha | 5,243 ha | 7,873 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,088 ha | 6,829 ha | 14,260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,595 ha | 6,271 ha | 7,052 ha | 5 |
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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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Mozambique was 6,271 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 14,260 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,900 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 72nd out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.