Rice — Production in Mozambique
Mozambique: Rice — Production was 169,311 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Production in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — production in Mozambique is 169,311 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Mozambique peaked at 260,000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 32,618 t, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 61st out of 133 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.
Rice — Production in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 85,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100,000 t | +17.6% |
| 1964 | 105,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 93,000 t | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 79,000 t | -15.1% |
| 1967 | 85,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 78,426 t | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 88,500 t | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 98,757 t | +11.6% |
| 1971 | 110,743 t | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 100,000 t | -9.7% |
| 1973 | 119,000 t | +19.0% |
| 1974 | 120,000 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 101,000 t | -15.8% |
| 1976 | 45,000 t | -55.4% |
| 1977 | 68,000 t | +51.1% |
| 1978 | 52,000 t | -23.5% |
| 1979 | 70,000 t | +34.6% |
| 1980 | 75,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 78,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 80,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 82,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 84,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 86,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 93,000 t | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 90,000 t | -3.2% |
| 1988 | 93,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 95,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 96,355 t | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 56,341 t | -41.5% |
| 1992 | 32,618 t | -42.1% |
| 1993 | 65,615 t | +101.2% |
| 1994 | 101,212 t | +54.3% |
| 1995 | 112,982 t | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 139,000 t | +23.0% |
| 1997 | 180,218 t | +29.7% |
| 1998 | 191,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 186,087 t | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 180,806 t | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 166,945 t | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 156,000 t | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 196,000 t | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 174,000 t | -11.2% |
| 2005 | 108,000 t | -37.9% |
| 2006 | 163,000 t | +50.9% |
| 2007 | 172,000 t | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 147,000 t | -14.5% |
| 2009 | 179,000 t | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 124,000 t | -30.7% |
| 2011 | 130,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 147,000 t | +13.1% |
| 2013 | 190,000 t | +29.3% |
| 2014 | 260,000 t | +36.8% |
| 2015 | 126,883 t | -51.2% |
| 2016 | 160,667 t | +26.6% |
| 2017 | 176,452 t | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 170,129 t | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 179,836 t | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 175,322 t | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 207,821 t | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 245,792 t | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 161,920 t | -34.1% |
| 2024 | 169,311 t | +4.6% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 169,311 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 206,606 t, 82% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 169,311 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 169,311 t, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 88,770 t | 78,426 t | 105,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,450 t | 45,000 t | 120,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 85,600 t | 75,000 t | 95,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 116,143 t | 32,618 t | 191,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 164,275 t | 108,000 t | 196,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 166,497 t | 124,000 t | 260,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,033 t | 161,920 t | 245,792 t | 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 rice — production in Mozambique?
- Rice — production in Mozambique was 169,311 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 260,000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,618 t in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for rice — production?
- Mozambique ranks 61st out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.9%. 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 Rice — 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.