Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 591,338 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 591,338 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 42.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 591,338 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 218,000 ha, in 1993.
Mozambique ranks 13th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 330,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 340,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 350,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 360,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 350,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 320,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 310,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 330,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 320,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 330,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 330,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 340,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 340,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 341,776 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 345,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 309,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 218,000 ha | -29.4% |
| 1994 | 238,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1995 | 262,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 269,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 278,258 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 286,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 275,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 269,442 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 237,272 ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 326,700 ha | +37.7% |
| 2003 | 292,537 ha | -10.5% |
| 2004 | 293,921 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 424,400 ha | +44.4% |
| 2006 | 322,900 ha | -23.9% |
| 2007 | 396,900 ha | +22.9% |
| 2008 | 457,700 ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 357,000 ha | -22.0% |
| 2010 | 365,856 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 288,000 ha | -21.3% |
| 2012 | 389,300 ha | +35.2% |
| 2013 | 404,700 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 416,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 382,303 ha | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 421,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2017 | 427,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 505,350 ha | +18.3% |
| 2019 | 531,268 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 347,000 ha | -34.7% |
| 2021 | 355,227 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 228,325 ha | -35.7% |
| 2023 | 575,792 ha | +152.2% |
| 2024 | 591,338 ha | +2.7% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 591,338 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 130,659 ha, 4.5× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 591,338 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 5.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +152.2% | 228,325 ha | 575,792 ha |
| 2005 | +44.4% | 293,921 ha | 424,400 ha |
| 2002 | +37.7% | 237,272 ha | 326,700 ha |
| 2022 | -35.7% | 355,227 ha | 228,325 ha |
| 2012 | +35.2% | 288,000 ha | 389,300 ha |
| 2020 | -34.7% | 531,268 ha | 347,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327,778 ha | 300,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 351,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 360,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 332,000 ha | 310,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 282,203 ha | 218,000 ha | 345,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 337,877 ha | 237,272 ha | 457,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 413,128 ha | 288,000 ha | 531,268 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 419,536 ha | 228,325 ha | 591,338 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 10 Guinea 880,000 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13,175 ha compare
- 11 Chad 756,261 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 8,047 ha compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 730,410 ha compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 4,076 ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 3,550 ha compare
- 14 Cameroon 540,000 ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,514 ha compare
- 15 Mali 526,150 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 2,030 ha compare
- 16 Argentina 431,991 ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 165,000 ha compare
- 16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,357 ha compare
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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Mozambique was 591,338 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 591,338 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 218,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Mozambique rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 13th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.