Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 238 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Mozambique is 238 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Mozambique peaked at 328.2 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 88.6 kg/ha, in 1988.
That places Mozambique 112th out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 205.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 200.6 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 227 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 155.1 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1966 | 183.1 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1967 | 181.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 192.2 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 191.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 201.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 152 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1972 | 189.8 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1973 | 168.6 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1974 | 181.8 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 178.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 176.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 208.6 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 203.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 175.5 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1980 | 217.5 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1981 | 180.4 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1982 | 171 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 126.8 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1984 | 121.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 252.2 kg/ha | +108.1% |
| 1986 | 161.2 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1987 | 123.9 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1988 | 88.6 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1989 | 123.9 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1990 | 171 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1991 | 220.2 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1992 | 226.9 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 248 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 258.8 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 241.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 272.3 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 176.5 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1998 | 180.7 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 188.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 143.3 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 168.5 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 178.8 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 179.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 174.6 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 175.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 172.3 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 172.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 171.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 172.7 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 187.5 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 220.7 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2012 | 328.2 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 2013 | 184.6 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2014 | 230.9 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2015 | 167.3 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2016 | 179 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 184.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 289.2 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 2019 | 284.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 245.6 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 226.1 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 229.4 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 237 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 238 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 238 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 342.8 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 238 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 346.4 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +108.1% | 121.2 kg/ha | 252.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 191.77 kg/ha | 155.1 kg/ha | 227 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 183.56 kg/ha | 152 kg/ha | 208.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 156.67 kg/ha | 88.6 kg/ha | 252.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 218.39 kg/ha | 171 kg/ha | 272.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 170.92 kg/ha | 143.3 kg/ha | 179.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225.64 kg/ha | 167.3 kg/ha | 328.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 235.22 kg/ha | 226.1 kg/ha | 245.6 kg/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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Mozambique?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Mozambique was 238 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 328.2 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.6 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Mozambique rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 112th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.