Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.53 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1.53 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 1.53 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 582,451 ha, in 1990.
Mozambique ranks 30th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 775,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 773,038 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 737,193 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 789,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 876,900 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 878,517 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 937,361 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 960,447 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 946,198 ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 942,953 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 1.01 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 990,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 989,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 943,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 880,500 ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 854,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 744,300 ha | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 775,300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 744,362 ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 753,300 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 803,300 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 735,300 ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 693,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 703,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 608,600 ha | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 653,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 706,500 ha | +8.2% |
| 1988 | 741,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 721,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 582,451 ha | -19.2% |
| 1991 | 708,043 ha | +21.6% |
| 1992 | 688,885 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 610,697 ha | -11.3% |
| 1994 | 630,321 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 667,792 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 683,392 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 785,910 ha | +15.0% |
| 1998 | 827,706 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 819,119 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 688,097 ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 800,772 ha | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 909,782 ha | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 801,649 ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 927,067 ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 1.07 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.19 million ha | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 1.32 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 1.01 million ha | -20.5% |
| 2011 | 1.04 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 1.05 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.04 million ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.08 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 1.10 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 1.12 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.24 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 1.30 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 1.26 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 1.25 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.23 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.49 million ha | +21.3% |
| 2024 | 1.53 million ha | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 852,728 ha | 737,193 ha | 960,447 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 887,392 ha | 744,300 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 711,860 ha | 608,600 ha | 803,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 700,432 ha | 582,451 ha | 827,706 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 million ha | 688,097 ha | 1.32 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million ha | 1.01 million ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Mozambique was 1.53 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 582,451 ha in 1990.
- How does Mozambique rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 30th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.5%. 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, Oil 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.