Sweet potatoes — Production in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sweet potatoes — Production was 502,352 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Production in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production in Mozambique stood at 502,352 t.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production in Mozambique peaked at 1.47 million t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 21,000 t, in 1966.
Mozambique ranks 20th of 113 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Production in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 32,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 21,000 t | -34.4% |
| 1967 | 22,057 t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 28,748 t | +30.3% |
| 1969 | 39,857 t | +38.6% |
| 1970 | 40,000 t | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 42,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 40,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 35,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 40,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 40,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 45,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 45,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 47,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 52,000 t | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 55,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 55,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 56,103 t | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 106,234 t | +89.4% |
| 1992 | 52,000 t | -51.1% |
| 1993 | 55,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 60,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 55,000 t | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 58,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 59,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 60,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 400,000 t | +566.7% |
| 2000 | 430,000 t | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 450,000 t | +4.7% |
| 2002 | 456,337 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 877,165 t | +92.2% |
| 2004 | 900,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 508,834 t | -43.5% |
| 2006 | 677,877 t | +33.2% |
| 2007 | 861,432 t | +27.1% |
| 2008 | 560,802 t | -34.9% |
| 2009 | 740,093 t | +32.0% |
| 2010 | 801,706 t | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 890,226 t | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 1.17 million t | +31.8% |
| 2013 | 1.47 million t | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 502,611 t | -65.8% |
| 2015 | 390,407 t | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 552,184 t | +41.4% |
| 2017 | 510,054 t | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 487,246 t | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 504,815 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 448,633 t | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 495,377 t | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 510,238 t | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 459,805 t | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 502,352 t | +9.3% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 502,352 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 314,757 t, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 502,352 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 179,140 t, 2.8× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production 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 | +566.7% | 60,000 t | 400,000 t |
| 2003 | +92.2% | 456,337 t | 877,165 t |
| 1991 | +89.4% | 56,103 t | 106,234 t |
| 2014 | -65.8% | 1.47 million t | 502,611 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,740 t | 21,000 t | 39,857 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,400 t | 35,000 t | 45,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,900 t | 45,000 t | 55,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,134 t | 52,000 t | 400,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 646,254 t | 430,000 t | 900,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 728,123 t | 390,407 t | 1.47 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 483,281 t | 448,633 t | 510,238 t | 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 sweet potatoes — production in Mozambique?
- Sweet potatoes — production in Mozambique was 502,352 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 million t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 t in 1966.
- How does Mozambique rank for sweet potatoes — production?
- Mozambique ranks 20th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. 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 — Production. 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.