Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 100,470 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique 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 peaked at 180,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1966.
That places Mozambique 11th out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,200 ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 4,500 ha | -27.4% |
| 1967 | 4,513 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 6,086 ha | +34.9% |
| 1969 | 8,302 ha | +36.4% |
| 1970 | 8,300 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,583 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 16,531 ha | +72.5% |
| 1992 | 8,200 ha | -50.4% |
| 1993 | 8,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 8,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 8,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 8,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 8,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 55,000 ha | +525.0% |
| 2000 | 60,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 65,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 96,500 ha | +48.5% |
| 2003 | 180,000 ha | +86.5% |
| 2004 | 125,000 ha | -30.6% |
| 2005 | 70,800 ha | -43.4% |
| 2006 | 80,100 ha | +13.1% |
| 2007 | 87,100 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 64,500 ha | -25.9% |
| 2009 | 86,300 ha | +33.8% |
| 2010 | 83,900 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 88,682 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 71,300 ha | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 151,232 ha | +112.1% |
| 2014 | 71,500 ha | -52.7% |
| 2015 | 44,769 ha | -37.4% |
| 2016 | 65,245 ha | +45.7% |
| 2017 | 61,934 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 87,633 ha | +41.5% |
| 2019 | 97,527 ha | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 60,930 ha | -37.5% |
| 2021 | 82,563 ha | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 83,646 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 95,686 ha | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 100,470 ha | +5.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 100,470 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 38,904 ha, 2.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 100,470 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,960 ha, 3.5× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +525.0% | 8,800 ha | 55,000 ha |
| 2013 | +112.1% | 71,300 ha | 151,232 ha |
| 2003 | +86.5% | 96,500 ha | 180,000 ha |
| 1991 | +72.5% | 9,583 ha | 16,531 ha |
| 2014 | -52.7% | 151,232 ha | 71,500 ha |
| 1992 | -50.4% | 16,531 ha | 8,200 ha |
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
- 8 Madagascar 150,429 ha compare
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- 10 India 111,866 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,946 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 1,927 ha compare
- 12 Cameroon 93,378 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,745 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,092 ha compare
- 13 Guinea 83,476 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 80,901 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 98,853 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 719 ha compare
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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Mozambique 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?
- The highest recorded value was 180,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1966.
- How does Mozambique rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 11th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Area harvested. 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.