Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 355,517 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Mozambique is 355,517 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 229.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 360,588 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 1964.
That places Mozambique 11th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | -32.5% |
| 1965 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,000 ha | +48.1% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1969 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1996 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2001 | 9,500 ha | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 31,600 ha | +232.6% |
| 2003 | 31,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 36,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 72,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 68,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 2007 | 74,100 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 114,700 ha | +54.8% |
| 2009 | 123,000 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 105,517 ha | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 152,444 ha | +44.5% |
| 2012 | 69,875 ha | -54.2% |
| 2013 | 99,500 ha | +42.4% |
| 2014 | 108,021 ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 105,673 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 117,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 120,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 140,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 155,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 283,911 ha | +83.2% |
| 2021 | 302,167 ha | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 360,588 ha | +19.3% |
| 2023 | 335,393 ha | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 355,517 ha | +6.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 355,517 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 103,039 ha, 3.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 355,517 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 41,975 ha, 8.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +232.6% | 9,500 ha | 31,600 ha |
| 2005 | +100.0% | 36,000 ha | 72,000 ha |
| 2020 | +83.2% | 155,000 ha | 283,911 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,489 ha | 2,700 ha | 7,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,700 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,400 ha | 3,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,840 ha | 8,000 ha | 123,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,303 ha | 69,875 ha | 155,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 327,515 ha | 283,911 ha | 360,588 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 8 South Sudan 604,865 ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 23,042 ha compare
- 9 Chad 572,153 ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 20,406 ha compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 427,819 ha compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 16,087 ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10,740 ha compare
- 12 Nigeria 350,000 ha compare
- 13 China 251,800 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,110 ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 250,000 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Mozambique was 355,517 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 360,588 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1964.
- How does Mozambique rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 11th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 229.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Area harvested. 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.