Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.33 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique is 1.33 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 1.33 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 566,451 ha, in 1990.
That places Mozambique 30th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 772,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 766,638 ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 727,493 ha | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 785,200 ha | +7.9% |
| 1965 | 870,900 ha | +10.9% |
| 1966 | 872,717 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 929,661 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 952,947 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 942,198 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 938,953 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 1.00 million ha | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 984,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 985,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 941,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 878,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 850,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 743,000 ha | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 774,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 743,062 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 752,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 802,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 734,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 692,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 702,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 607,000 ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 650,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 702,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1988 | 735,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 712,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 566,451 ha | -20.4% |
| 1991 | 687,106 ha | +21.3% |
| 1992 | 662,885 ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 574,697 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 580,321 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 615,792 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 625,392 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 725,910 ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 762,224 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 749,119 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 603,097 ha | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 700,772 ha | +16.2% |
| 2002 | 794,782 ha | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 676,649 ha | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 797,067 ha | +17.8% |
| 2005 | 949,206 ha | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 932,605 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 1.04 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 1.18 million ha | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 1.11 million ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 822,999 ha | -25.8% |
| 2011 | 857,670 ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 861,975 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 857,663 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 894,427 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 835,559 ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 909,418 ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 924,684 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.04 million ha | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 1.09 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 1.03 million ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.29 million ha | +25.5% |
| 2024 | 1.33 million ha | +2.7% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 1.33 million ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 322,934 ha, 4.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 1.33 million ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 348,823 ha, 3.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 846,639 ha | 727,493 ha | 952,947 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 884,102 ha | 743,000 ha | 1.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 708,800 ha | 607,000 ha | 802,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 654,990 ha | 566,451 ha | 762,224 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 877,918 ha | 603,097 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 909,270 ha | 822,999 ha | 1.09 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.15 million ha | 1.03 million ha | 1.33 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 27 Benin 1.48 million ha compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 1.01 million ha compare
- 28 Germany 1.36 million ha compare
- 28 Caribbean 194,146 ha compare
- 29 Cabo Verde 2,004 ha compare
- 29 Senegal 1.36 million ha compare
- 31 Niger 1.31 million ha compare
- 32 Guinea 1.29 million ha compare
- 33 Mali 1.29 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.167 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.001 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0017 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.09 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique was 1.33 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 566,451 ha in 1990.
- How does Mozambique rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 30th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.4%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.