Sunflower seed — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sunflower seed — Yield was 436.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Mozambique is 436.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Mozambique peaked at 1,214 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 300 kg/ha, in 2022.
Mozambique ranks 75th of 76 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 350 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 387.8 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1963 | 444.4 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1964 | 440.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 480.8 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 483.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 476.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 625 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1969 | 417.1 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 499.3 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1971 | 600 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1972 | 666.7 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 625 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 444.4 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1976 | 450 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 420 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1979 | 615.1 kg/ha | +46.5% |
| 1980 | 628.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 571.4 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 571.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 542.9 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 542.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 542.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 555.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 819.1 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1991 | 500 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1992 | 508.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 521.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 525.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 533.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 560 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 545.3 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 576.9 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 592.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 500 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2001 | 461.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 488.1 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 457.1 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 469.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 466.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 494.6 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 446.6 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 427.3 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 419.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 502.1 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 560.2 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 648.1 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 700 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 704.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 699.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 704.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 704.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,067 kg/ha | +51.5% |
| 2019 | 875 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2020 | 1,214 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 440 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 2022 | 300 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2023 | 436.8 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 2024 | 436.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 436.8 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,018 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 436.8 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -63.8% | 1,214 kg/ha | 440 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +51.5% | 704.2 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 456.2 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 548.72 kg/ha | 420 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 563.83 kg/ha | 542.9 kg/ha | 628.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 568.33 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 819.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 463.08 kg/ha | 419.8 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 716.45 kg/ha | 502.1 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 565.5 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 1,214 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 sunflower seed — yield in Mozambique?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Mozambique was 436.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,214 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Mozambique rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 75th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.