Millet — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Millet — Area harvested was 29,669 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 29,669 ha.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 113,642 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 40th out of 86 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 19,069 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 21,692 ha | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 17,000 ha | -21.6% |
| 1993 | 61,000 ha | +258.8% |
| 1994 | 74,181 ha | +21.6% |
| 1995 | 85,040 ha | +14.6% |
| 1996 | 87,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 90,461 ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 101,000 ha | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 75,000 ha | -25.7% |
| 2000 | 54,064 ha | -27.9% |
| 2001 | 38,000 ha | -29.7% |
| 2002 | 47,700 ha | +25.5% |
| 2003 | 40,000 ha | -16.1% |
| 2004 | 34,000 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 56,200 ha | +65.3% |
| 2006 | 57,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 52,700 ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 58,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 109,000 ha | +85.4% |
| 2010 | 108,980 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 113,642 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 54,600 ha | -52.0% |
| 2013 | 69,800 ha | +27.8% |
| 2014 | 51,000 ha | -26.9% |
| 2015 | 29,684 ha | -41.8% |
| 2016 | 48,000 ha | +61.7% |
| 2017 | 47,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 51,215 ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 53,277 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 53,477 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 53,093 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 53,443 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 29,087 ha | -45.6% |
| 2024 | 29,669 ha | +2.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 29,669 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 69,059 ha, 43% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 29,669 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 41% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Millet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +258.8% | 17,000 ha | 61,000 ha |
| 2009 | +85.4% | 58,800 ha | 109,000 ha |
| 2005 | +65.3% | 34,000 ha | 56,200 ha |
| 2016 | +61.7% | 29,684 ha | 48,000 ha |
| 2012 | -52.0% | 113,642 ha | 54,600 ha |
| 2023 | -45.6% | 53,443 ha | 29,087 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,500 ha | 19,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,144 ha | 17,000 ha | 101,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,766 ha | 34,000 ha | 109,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,720 ha | 29,684 ha | 113,642 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,754 ha | 29,087 ha | 53,477 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 millet — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Millet — area harvested in Mozambique was 29,669 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 113,642 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for millet — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 40th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Millet — 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.