Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 55,603 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Mozambique stood at 55,603 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Mozambique peaked at 79,536 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10,250 kg/ha, in 1993.
Mozambique ranks 72nd of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,440 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,180 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 46,912 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1964 | 44,472 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 46,196 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 46,866 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 46,560 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 49,859 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 54,085 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 52,500 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 54,546 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 56,250 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 52,632 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 48,276 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 42,105 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 36,667 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 40,000 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 40,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 44,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 40,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 36,364 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 36,250 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 28,000 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1984 | 22,500 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1985 | 12,000 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1986 | 15,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 14,333 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 14,709 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 12,771 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1990 | 13,263 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 12,638 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 10,624 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1993 | 10,250 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 10,526 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 12,530 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 12,634 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 11,622 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 14,747 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1999 | 17,097 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2000 | 14,714 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 18,767 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2002 | 45,322 kg/ha | +141.5% |
| 2003 | 51,074 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 50,629 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 64,200 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 2006 | 62,434 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 64,396 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 68,088 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 58,079 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2010 | 70,695 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2011 | 79,536 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 73,914 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 68,604 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 78,178 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 68,952 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 65,267 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 67,098 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 65,322 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 63,928 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 57,814 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 68,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2022 | 72,001 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 52,877 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 2024 | 55,603 kg/ha | +5.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 55,603 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 42,586 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 55,603 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +141.5% | 18,767 kg/ha | 45,322 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,286 kg/ha | 44,472 kg/ha | 54,085 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,698 kg/ha | 36,667 kg/ha | 56,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,193 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,593 kg/ha | 10,250 kg/ha | 17,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 49,770 kg/ha | 14,714 kg/ha | 68,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 70,149 kg/ha | 63,928 kg/ha | 79,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,259 kg/ha | 52,877 kg/ha | 72,001 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Mozambique?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Mozambique was 55,603 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 79,536 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,250 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Mozambique rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 72nd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. 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.