Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 20,957 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Mozambique is 20,957 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 84.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 40,500 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,493 ha, in 1963.
Mozambique ranks 43rd of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,637 ha | 2,493 ha | 9,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,907 ha | 8,012 ha | 35,062 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,600 ha | 27,000 ha | 35,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,365 ha | 16,250 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,656 ha | 8,500 ha | 40,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,626 ha | 10,606 ha | 33,269 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,932 ha | 12,357 ha | 21,562 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique
- Agriculture share gdp 25.57 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 25.57 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 62.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Rural population 22.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 25.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,740 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Mozambique was 20,957 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 40,500 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,493 ha in 1963.
- How does Mozambique rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 43rd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.5%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.