Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of
Mozambique, Republic of: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 100,470 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of stood at 100,470 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 40.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of peaked at 180,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1966.
That places Mozambique, Republic of 11th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 6,089 ha | 4,500 ha | 8,302 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,380 ha | 8,300 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,500 ha | 8,500 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,111 ha | 8,200 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,530 ha | 60,000 ha | 180,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,372 ha | 44,769 ha | 151,232 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,659 ha | 60,930 ha | 100,470 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique, Republic of
- 8 Madagascar, Republic of 150,429 ha compare
- 9 Papua New Guinea 142,854 ha compare
- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mozambique, Republic of
- 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique, Republic of was 100,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique, Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 180,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique, Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1966.
- How does Mozambique, Republic of rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Mozambique, Republic of ranks 11th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique, Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique, Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.