Oranges — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Oranges — Area harvested was 2,680 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oranges — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 2,680 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 10,800 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,680 ha, in 2024.
Mozambique ranks 61st of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,209 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 6,158 ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | -43.2% |
| 1993 | 3,662 ha | +4.6% |
| 1994 | 3,673 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 3,733 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 3,867 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 3,800 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 4,168 ha | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 3,900 ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 3,300 ha | -15.4% |
| 2001 | 3,377 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 3,337 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 4,000 ha | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 4,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 6,500 ha | +41.3% |
| 2011 | 7,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 9,500 ha | +26.7% |
| 2013 | 10,800 ha | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 3,300 ha | -69.4% |
| 2015 | 3,360 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,100 ha | +22.0% |
| 2018 | 3,700 ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 3,621 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,456 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 3,134 ha | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 2,944 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 2,806 ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 2,680 ha | -4.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 2,680 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 4,476 ha, 60% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 2,680 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,452 ha, 49% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -69.4% | 10,800 ha | 3,300 ha |
| 1992 | -43.2% | 6,158 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 2010 | +41.3% | 4,600 ha | 6,500 ha |
| 1963 | +33.3% | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 1973 | +33.3% | 4,500 ha | 6,000 ha |
| 2012 | +26.7% | 7,500 ha | 9,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,778 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,650 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,267 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,209 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,006 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,574 ha | 3,300 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,004 ha | 2,680 ha | 3,456 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 oranges — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Oranges — area harvested in Mozambique was 2,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 10,800 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,680 ha in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 61st out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oranges — 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.