Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 622 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 622 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 630 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 247 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 84th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 247 ha | — |
| 1962 | 293 ha | +18.6% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1969 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 363 ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 358 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 302 ha | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 403 ha | +33.4% |
| 1994 | 349 ha | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 393 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 443 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 450 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 506 ha | +12.4% |
| 2000 | 330 ha | -34.8% |
| 2001 | 421 ha | +27.6% |
| 2002 | 425 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 453 ha | +6.6% |
| 2004 | 457 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 468 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 491 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 445 ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 512 ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 521 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 550 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 580 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 570 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 573 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 588 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 596 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 605 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 617 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 630 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 617 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 621 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 623 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 621 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 622 ha | +0.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 622 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 4,326 ha, 14% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 622 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,749 ha, 4% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -34.8% | 506 ha | 330 ha |
| 1993 | +33.4% | 302 ha | 403 ha |
| 2001 | +27.6% | 330 ha | 421 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 304.44 ha | 247 ha | 350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 350 ha | 350 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 350 ha | 350 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 396.7 ha | 302 ha | 506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 452.3 ha | 330 ha | 521 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 590.9 ha | 550 ha | 630 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 620.8 ha | 617 ha | 623 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Mozambique was 622 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 630 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 247 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 84th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.