Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 2.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 2.01 million ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 148.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 2.01 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 110,000 ha, in 1962.
Mozambique ranks 13th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 120,556 ha | 110,000 ha | 135,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 120,237 ha | 120,000 ha | 122,369 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 251,500 ha | 150,000 ha | 285,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 318,983 ha | 190,000 ha | 402,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 846,840 ha | 200,000 ha | 1.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 million ha | 711,293 ha | 1.60 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 1.54 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 10 China 2.63 million ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 2.62 million ha compare
- 12 Russian Federation 2.21 million ha compare
- 14 Kenya 1.82 million ha compare
- 15 Burkina Faso 1.60 million ha compare
- 16 Ethiopia 1.58 million ha 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Mozambique was 2.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 2.01 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 110,000 ha in 1962.
- How does Mozambique rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 13th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 148.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.