Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique
Mozambique: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,388 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique is 1,388 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique peaked at 1,401 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 737 ha, in 1991.
Mozambique ranks 33rd of 74 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.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 921 ha | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 737 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 765 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 796 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 830 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 866 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 903 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 942 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 1,012 ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 1,107 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 1,145 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 1,154 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,164 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,173 ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,183 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,192 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1,150 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,256 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,230 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,301 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1,325 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,354 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 1,364 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,368 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,367 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,381 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,401 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 1,383 ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,388 ha | +0.4% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 1,388 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,766 ha, 24% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 887.9 ha | 737 ha | 1,107 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,181 ha | 1,145 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,302 ha | 1,230 ha | 1,368 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,384 ha | 1,367 ha | 1,401 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mozambique was 1,388 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,401 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 737 ha in 1991.
- How does Mozambique rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Mozambique ranks 33rd out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.