Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Mozambique
Mozambique: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply was 17.7 g/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Mozambique, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Mozambique stood at 17.7 g/cap/d.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Mozambique peaked at 19.8 g/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 11.5 g/cap/d, in 2016.
That places Mozambique 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.8 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 19.6 g/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 15.8 g/cap/d | -19.4% |
| 2013 | 16.5 g/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 13.8 g/cap/d | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 11.7 g/cap/d | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 11.5 g/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 11.8 g/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 17 g/cap/d | +44.1% |
| 2019 | 16 g/cap/d | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 15.5 g/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 15.3 g/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 15.9 g/cap/d | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 17.7 g/cap/d | +11.3% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 17.7 g/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 7.3 g/cap/d, 2.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 17.7 g/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8.4 g/cap/d, 2.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.35 g/cap/d | 11.5 g/cap/d | 19.8 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1 g/cap/d | 15.3 g/cap/d | 17.7 g/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.9 g/cap/d compare
- 5 Rwanda 18.5 g/cap/d compare
- 6 Cameroon 18.3 g/cap/d compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.1 g/cap/d compare
- 7 Gabon 18.1 g/cap/d compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 2.6 g/cap/d compare
- 8 Türkiye 2.1 g/cap/d compare
- 8 Uganda 17.7 g/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.9 g/cap/d compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 1.9 g/cap/d compare
- 10 Nigeria 17.5 g/cap/d compare
- 11 Congo 17.2 g/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 1.2 g/cap/d 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Mozambique?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply in Mozambique was 17.7 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 19.8 g/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.5 g/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Mozambique rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply?
- Mozambique ranks 8th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — dietary fibre supply rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Dietary fibre supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.