Cotton seed — Production in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cotton seed — Production was 23,516 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cotton seed — Production in Mozambique, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 23,516 t for cotton seed — production in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 38.7% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton seed — production in Mozambique peaked at 125,000 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,000 t, in 1985.
That places Mozambique 40th out of 121 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,090 t | 55,500 t | 90,425 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,835 t | 26,000 t | 91,174 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,610 t | 2,000 t | 48,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,560 t | 16,000 t | 60,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,572 t | 23,100 t | 125,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,102 t | 30,000 t | 70,597 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,468 t | 23,516 t | 40,439 t | 4 |
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 cotton seed — production in Mozambique?
- Cotton seed — production in Mozambique was 23,516 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cotton seed — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 125,000 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest cotton seed — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 t in 1985.
- How does Mozambique rank for cotton seed — production?
- Mozambique ranks 40th out of 121 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cotton seed — production rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cotton seed — Production. 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.