Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,936 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 8,936 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 76.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mozambique peaked at 10,815 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3,407 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Mozambique 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,483 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,684 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 3,486 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 3,622 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 3,624 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 3,629 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 3,535 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 3,530 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 3,539 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 3,662 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 3,908 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 3,910 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 4,034 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 4,031 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 4,083 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 4,152 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 4,211 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 4,291 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 4,077 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 4,198 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 4,195 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 4,112 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 4,162 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 4,162 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,060 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 4,071 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 4,186 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 4,080 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 4,178 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 4,915 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 3,868 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 3,407 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 4,248 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1994 | 3,779 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1995 | 4,308 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 4,830 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 5,436 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 5,606 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 5,916 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 5,917 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7,182 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 4,902 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2003 | 5,770 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 6,164 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 4,536 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 2006 | 6,616 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 2007 | 5,442 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 4,404 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2009 | 4,856 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 4,947 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 5,076 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 6,459 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2013 | 5,438 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 5,057 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 4,892 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 5,177 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 5,633 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 8,288 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2019 | 7,752 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 10,815 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 2021 | 6,932 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 2022 | 7,315 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 8,622 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2024 | 8,936 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,570 kg/ha | 3,483 kg/ha | 3,684 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,036 kg/ha | 3,662 kg/ha | 4,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,140 kg/ha | 4,060 kg/ha | 4,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,631 kg/ha | 3,407 kg/ha | 5,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,579 kg/ha | 4,404 kg/ha | 7,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,872 kg/ha | 4,892 kg/ha | 8,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,524 kg/ha | 6,932 kg/ha | 10,815 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 142 Somalia 9,563 kg/ha compare
- 143 Martinique 9,316 kg/ha compare
- 144 Rwanda 9,172 kg/ha compare
- 146 Philippines 8,919 kg/ha compare
- 147 Yugoslav SFR 8,876 kg/ha compare
- 148 Ecuador 8,856 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Mozambique?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mozambique was 8,936 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 10,815 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,407 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 145th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. 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.