Potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Potatoes — Area harvested was 44,713 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 44,713 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 64.5% on the previous year and up 144.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 44,713 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,400 ha, in 1962.
Mozambique ranks 54th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,580 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | -7.0% |
| 1963 | 2,936 ha | +22.3% |
| 1964 | 2,740 ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 2,750 ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +45.5% |
| 1967 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 4,454 ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 5,610 ha | +26.0% |
| 1970 | 5,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,242 ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 5,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 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 | 5,799 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 11,654 ha | +101.0% |
| 1992 | 5,580 ha | -52.1% |
| 1993 | 5,704 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 5,827 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 5,636 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 5,756 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 5,972 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 6,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 6,060 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 6,321 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 6,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 6,122 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 6,169 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 6,365 ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 6,361 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 6,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 7,500 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 8,500 ha | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 10,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 12,531 ha | +25.3% |
| 2011 | 13,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 14,240 ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 15,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 18,300 ha | +20.4% |
| 2015 | 15,580 ha | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 14,500 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 17,800 ha | +22.8% |
| 2018 | 17,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 19,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 24,800 ha | +30.5% |
| 2021 | 27,015 ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 27,095 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 27,173 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 44,713 ha | +64.5% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 44,713 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 1.1× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 44,713 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 3.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +101.0% | 5,799 ha | 11,654 ha |
| 2024 | +64.5% | 27,173 ha | 44,713 ha |
| 1992 | -52.1% | 11,654 ha | 5,580 ha |
| 1966 | +45.5% | 2,750 ha | 4,000 ha |
| 2020 | +30.5% | 19,000 ha | 24,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,552 ha | 2,400 ha | 5,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,964 ha | 5,242 ha | 6,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,950 ha | 5,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,409 ha | 5,580 ha | 11,654 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,034 ha | 6,122 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,765 ha | 12,531 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,159 ha | 24,800 ha | 44,713 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 51 Australia and New Zealand 47,877 ha compare
- 52 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
- 53 Sudan 44,939 ha compare
- 55 Guinea 42,861 ha compare
- 56 Burundi 41,955 ha compare
- 57 Madagascar 41,109 ha compare
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 potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique was 44,713 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 44,713 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,400 ha in 1962.
- How does Mozambique rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 54th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 144.3%. 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 Potatoes — 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.