Cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique
Mozambique: Cropland per person over the long term was 0.197 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique, 1000–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique is 0.197, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 108 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique peaked at 0.3513 in 1800 and was at its lowest, 0.197, in 2025.
Mozambique ranks 79th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 108 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1100s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1200s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1300s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1400s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1500s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1600s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1700s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1710s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1720s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1730s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1740s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1750s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1760s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1770s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1780s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1810s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1820s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1830s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1840s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1850s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1860s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1870s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1880s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1890s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1900s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1910s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1920s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1930s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1940s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 1 |
| 1950s | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 0.3513 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3336 | 0.3175 | 0.3513 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3003 | 0.2683 | 0.3284 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2644 | 0.2552 | 0.2779 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2549 | 0.2383 | 0.2778 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2412 | 0.2286 | 0.2509 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2319 | 0.2117 | 0.2544 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2061 | 0.197 | 0.2157 | 6 |
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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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique?
- Cropland per person over the long term in Mozambique was 0.197 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3513 in 1800.
- What is the lowest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.197 in 2025.
- How does Mozambique rank for cropland per person over the long term?
- Mozambique ranks 79th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cropland per person over the long term rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cropland per person over the long term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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