Sugar cane — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 32,150 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 32,150 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 61,210 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1987.
That places Mozambique 42nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,548 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,607 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 30,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 32,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 40,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 44,764 ha | +11.9% |
| 1969 | 47,536 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 52,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 55,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 57,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 58,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 57,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 60,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 55,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 50,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 55,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 20,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 18,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 25,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 1996 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 29,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 27,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 36,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 38,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 37,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 35,000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 33,000 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 32,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 36,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 38,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 38,481 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 42,702 ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 45,917 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 46,149 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 46,298 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 44,734 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 42,311 ha | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 43,226 ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 48,054 ha | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 61,210 ha | +27.4% |
| 2020 | 47,351 ha | -22.6% |
| 2021 | 40,906 ha | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 41,241 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 30,661 ha | -25.7% |
| 2024 | 32,150 ha | +4.9% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 32,150 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,060 ha, 4.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 32,150 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,662 ha | 30,000 ha | 47,536 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,500 ha | 15,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,700 ha | 27,000 ha | 38,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,908 ha | 38,481 ha | 61,210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,462 ha | 30,661 ha | 47,351 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
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 sugar cane — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Mozambique was 32,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 61,210 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1987.
- How does Mozambique rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 42nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.