Sorghum — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sorghum — Yield was 606.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — yield in Mozambique is 606.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Mozambique peaked at 1,000 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 168.9 kg/ha, in 1992.
Mozambique ranks 95th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 777.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 796.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 798.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 816.5 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 822.7 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 836.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 854.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 853.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 729.1 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1970 | 778.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 820 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 836 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 852 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 860 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 720 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 1977 | 920 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 800 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 546.9 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1980 | 666.7 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 542.9 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1983 | 571.4 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 578.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 657.9 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 667.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 666.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 456.7 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1989 | 430 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 432.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 335.6 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1992 | 168.9 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1993 | 413 kg/ha | +144.5% |
| 1994 | 442.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 564.8 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1996 | 569.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 580.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 662.5 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1999 | 586.9 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 579.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 573.8 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 395.4 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 2003 | 578.1 kg/ha | +46.2% |
| 2004 | 566.3 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 298 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2006 | 496.1 kg/ha | +66.5% |
| 2007 | 431.4 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 329.1 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2009 | 622.4 kg/ha | +89.1% |
| 2010 | 608.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 641.2 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 453.2 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2013 | 357.2 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2014 | 525.4 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 2015 | 417.8 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2016 | 447.5 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 458.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 672.7 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2019 | 690.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 540.8 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2021 | 540 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 560.9 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 594.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 606.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 606.6 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 709.65 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 606.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +144.5% | 168.9 kg/ha | 413 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +89.1% | 329.1 kg/ha | 622.4 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +66.5% | 298 kg/ha | 496.1 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 809.42 kg/ha | 729.1 kg/ha | 854.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 813.36 kg/ha | 546.9 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 590.54 kg/ha | 430 kg/ha | 667.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 475.69 kg/ha | 168.9 kg/ha | 662.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 487.04 kg/ha | 298 kg/ha | 622.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 527.24 kg/ha | 357.2 kg/ha | 690.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 568.6 kg/ha | 540 kg/ha | 606.6 kg/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 — yield in Mozambique?
- Sorghum — yield in Mozambique was 606.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 168.9 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for sorghum — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 95th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 Sorghum — Yield. 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.