Pulses, Total — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Pulses, Total — Yield was 513.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 513.7 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Mozambique peaked at 640.1 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 215.4 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 155th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 481.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 581.8 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1963 | 558.3 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1964 | 533.3 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 558.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 541.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 463.5 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1968 | 547.8 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1969 | 518.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 558.3 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 558.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 566.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1973 | 575 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 583.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 625 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 583.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 541.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1979 | 416.9 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1980 | 400 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 325 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1982 | 280 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 313.7 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1984 | 315.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 311.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 307.1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 314.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 315.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 322.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 318.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 262.9 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1992 | 215.4 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1993 | 271.5 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1994 | 289.6 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 367.1 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1996 | 376 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 388.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 360.7 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 500 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2000 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 512.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 333.7 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2003 | 350.5 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 336.1 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 270.4 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2006 | 353.7 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2007 | 344.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 342.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 345.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 412.2 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2011 | 397.6 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 441.4 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 378.8 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2014 | 456.6 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2015 | 457.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 449.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 454.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 427.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 440.7 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 420.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 476.7 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2022 | 640.1 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2023 | 487.2 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2024 | 513.7 kg/ha | +5.4% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 513.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 726.7 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 513.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 531.61 kg/ha | 463.5 kg/ha | 581.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 563.35 kg/ha | 416.9 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 320.52 kg/ha | 280 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 335 kg/ha | 215.4 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 368.9 kg/ha | 270.4 kg/ha | 512.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 431.56 kg/ha | 378.8 kg/ha | 457.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 507.7 kg/ha | 420.8 kg/ha | 640.1 kg/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 pulses, total — yield in Mozambique?
- Pulses, total — yield in Mozambique was 513.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 640.1 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 215.4 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 155th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.