Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 30,144 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 30,144 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 382.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 30,144 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 308 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 27th out of 140 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 308 ha | — |
| 1962 | 350 ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 441 ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 524 ha | +18.8% |
| 1970 | 550 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1992 | 1,075 ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 941 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 999 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 1,300 ha | +30.1% |
| 1996 | 1,338 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 1,900 ha | +26.7% |
| 2000 | 600 ha | -68.4% |
| 2001 | 2,500 ha | +316.7% |
| 2002 | 4,500 ha | +80.0% |
| 2003 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 7,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 16,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2008 | 19,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 2009 | 23,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 2010 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 29,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 11,173 ha | -61.5% |
| 2013 | 8,203 ha | -26.6% |
| 2014 | 6,250 ha | -23.8% |
| 2015 | 7,800 ha | +24.8% |
| 2016 | 8,100 ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 9,530 ha | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 11,331 ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 12,884 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 15,501 ha | +20.3% |
| 2021 | 18,749 ha | +21.0% |
| 2022 | 19,510 ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 28,172 ha | +44.4% |
| 2024 | 30,144 ha | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 385.89 ha | 308 ha | 524 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 690 ha | 550 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 880 ha | 800 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,245 ha | 900 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,910 ha | 600 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,927 ha | 6,250 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,415 ha | 15,501 ha | 30,144 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 38,710 ha compare
- 25 Afghanistan 35,601 ha compare
- 26 Ethiopia 35,050 ha compare
- 28 South Africa 28,523 ha compare
- 29 Colombia 27,422 ha compare
- 30 Morocco 27,106 ha compare
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- 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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in Mozambique was 30,144 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 30,144 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 308 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 27th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 382.3%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.