Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 1,729 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1,729 kg/ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mozambique peaked at 2,755 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 793.5 kg/ha, in 1961.
Mozambique ranks 118th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 793.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,744 kg/ha | +119.8% |
| 1963 | 2,000 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1964 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,286 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,429 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,286 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,755 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1991 | 1,996 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1992 | 1,990 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,983 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,006 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 2,034 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 2,125 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 2,034 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 2,111 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,975 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 1,818 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 1,908 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 1,883 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 1,848 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 1,867 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1,854 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,802 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,783 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1,782 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,782 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,636 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 1,724 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 1,754 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 1,748 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,765 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,738 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,723 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,711 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 1,700 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,760 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,724 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,737 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,729 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 1,729 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 14,584 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 1,729 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +119.8% | 793.5 kg/ha | 1,744 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -27.5% | 2,755 kg/ha | 1,996 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,901 kg/ha | 793.5 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,386 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,300 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 2,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,101 kg/ha | 1,975 kg/ha | 2,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,833 kg/ha | 1,782 kg/ha | 1,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,750 kg/ha | 1,636 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,735 kg/ha | 1,724 kg/ha | 1,760 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 115 Ecuador 3,673 kg/ha compare
- 116 Slovakia 2,327 kg/ha compare
- 117 Papua New Guinea 1,806 kg/ha compare
- 119 Cameroon 1,170 kg/ha compare
- 120 Central African Republic 287.6 kg/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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mozambique?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Mozambique was 1,729 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 2,755 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 793.5 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 118th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.