Potatoes — Production in Mozambique
Mozambique: Potatoes — Production was 552,561 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — production in Mozambique stood at 552,561 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 157.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Mozambique peaked at 552,561 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,000 t, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 66th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,106 t | 11,000 t | 39,413 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,189 t | 40,000 t | 56,890 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,200 t | 60,000 t | 75,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,700 t | 70,000 t | 76,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 93,857 t | 78,880 t | 145,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 246,274 t | 178,526 t | 362,600 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 504,984 t | 470,430 t | 552,561 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 63 Republic of Korea 568,625 t compare
- 64 United Republic of Tanzania 560,929 t compare
- 65 Finland 553,100 t compare
- 67 Guatemala 550,783 t compare
- 68 Sudan 542,795 t compare
- 69 New Zealand 531,438 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture share gdp 25.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 62.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 22.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,740 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Mozambique?
- Potatoes — production in Mozambique was 552,561 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 552,561 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 t in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for potatoes — production?
- Mozambique ranks 66th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 157.9%. 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 — Production. 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.