Sorghum — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sorghum — Area harvested was 239,352 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 239,352 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 639,000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 197,420 ha, in 2015.
Mozambique ranks 29th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 216,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 216,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 218,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 218,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 220,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 224,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 282,776 ha | +26.2% |
| 1970 | 250,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1971 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 264,052 ha | +5.6% |
| 1980 | 300,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1981 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 350,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 350,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 380,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 380,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 400,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 300,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 400,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 404,435 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 461,541 ha | +14.1% |
| 1992 | 416,808 ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 345,217 ha | -17.2% |
| 1994 | 383,316 ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 430,276 ha | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 437,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 452,436 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 480,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 426,000 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 333,055 ha | -21.8% |
| 2001 | 305,000 ha | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 349,800 ha | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 330,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 270,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 384,300 ha | +42.3% |
| 2006 | 406,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 386,800 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 383,400 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 617,000 ha | +60.9% |
| 2010 | 638,165 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 639,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 307,300 ha | -51.9% |
| 2013 | 369,800 ha | +20.3% |
| 2014 | 295,300 ha | -20.1% |
| 2015 | 197,420 ha | -33.1% |
| 2016 | 257,000 ha | +30.2% |
| 2017 | 240,000 ha | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 220,217 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 229,194 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 262,579 ha | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 271,543 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 293,266 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 234,659 ha | -20.0% |
| 2024 | 239,352 ha | +2.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 239,352 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 260,000 ha, 92% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 239,352 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 225,850 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +60.9% | 383,400 ha | 617,000 ha |
| 2012 | -51.9% | 639,000 ha | 307,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 226,086 ha | 216,000 ha | 282,776 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 251,405 ha | 250,000 ha | 264,052 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 346,000 ha | 300,000 ha | 400,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 423,703 ha | 345,217 ha | 480,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376,606 ha | 270,000 ha | 617,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339,340 ha | 197,420 ha | 639,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260,280 ha | 234,659 ha | 293,266 ha | 5 |
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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 sorghum — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Mozambique was 239,352 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 639,000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 197,420 ha in 2015.
- How does Mozambique rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 29th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. 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 Sorghum — Area harvested. 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.