Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 903 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lemons and limes — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 903 ha.
That represents a change of down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 1,500 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 60th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1978 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1982 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 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 | 1,035 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,201 ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 1,006 ha | -16.2% |
| 1993 | 1,214 ha | +20.7% |
| 1994 | 1,017 ha | -16.2% |
| 1995 | 1,073 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 1,156 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 1,188 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 1,198 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,219 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 800 ha | -34.4% |
| 2001 | 671 ha | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 601 ha | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 753 ha | +25.3% |
| 2004 | 761 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 770 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 827 ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 854 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 900 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 925 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 980 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 990 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 950 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 969 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 952 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 950 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 929 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 911 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 895 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 887 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 898 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 903 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 903 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 903 ha | +0.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 903 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,395 ha, 65% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 903 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,453 ha, 62% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +50.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 1981 | +42.9% | 700 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 1980 | +40.0% | 500 ha | 700 ha |
| 2000 | -34.4% | 1,219 ha | 800 ha |
| 1977 | +33.3% | 300 ha | 400 ha |
| 1985 | -33.3% | 1,500 ha | 1,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 300 ha | 300 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 340 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,070 ha | 700 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,131 ha | 1,006 ha | 1,219 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 786.2 ha | 601 ha | 925 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 952.6 ha | 895 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 898.8 ha | 887 ha | 903 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 57 Ethiopia PDR 1,080 ha compare
- 58 Honduras 1,076 ha compare
- 59 Georgia 963 ha compare
- 61 Philippines 764 ha compare
- 62 Guinea-Bissau 729 ha compare
- 63 Uzbekistan 705 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Mozambique was 903 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 60th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.