Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 5,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 5,000 kg/ha for sweet potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Mozambique peaked at 16,457 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4,217 kg/ha, in 1975.
Mozambique ranks 88th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,921 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,921 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,921 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,921 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,161 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 4,667 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1967 | 4,887 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 4,724 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 4,801 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 4,819 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 4,819 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,060 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 5,060 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,819 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 4,217 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 4,706 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 4,706 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,706 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,294 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,529 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 6,118 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 6,471 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,854 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 6,426 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 6,342 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 6,471 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 6,897 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 6,471 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 6,744 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 6,782 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 6,818 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 7,273 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 7,167 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 6,923 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 4,729 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2003 | 4,873 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 7,200 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2005 | 7,187 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 8,463 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2007 | 9,890 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 8,695 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2009 | 8,576 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 9,555 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 10,038 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 16,457 kg/ha | +63.9% |
| 2013 | 9,711 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2014 | 7,030 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2015 | 8,720 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2016 | 8,463 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 8,236 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 5,560 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2019 | 5,176 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 7,363 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 2021 | 6,000 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2022 | 6,100 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 4,805 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2024 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 5,000 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,630 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 5,000 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +63.9% | 10,038 kg/ha | 16,457 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +47.7% | 4,873 kg/ha | 7,200 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +42.2% | 5,176 kg/ha | 7,363 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -41.0% | 16,457 kg/ha | 9,711 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,880 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 5,161 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,821 kg/ha | 4,217 kg/ha | 5,294 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,753 kg/ha | 5,294 kg/ha | 6,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,608 kg/ha | 5,854 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,370 kg/ha | 4,729 kg/ha | 9,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,895 kg/ha | 5,176 kg/ha | 16,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,854 kg/ha | 4,805 kg/ha | 7,363 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 85 Equatorial Guinea 5,347 kg/ha compare
- 86 Papua New Guinea 5,127 kg/ha compare
- 87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,105 kg/ha compare
- 89 Guinea-Bissau 4,918 kg/ha compare
- 90 Antigua and Barbuda 4,829 kg/ha compare
- 91 Comoros 4,756 kg/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 — yield in Mozambique?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Mozambique was 5,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 16,457 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,217 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Mozambique rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 88th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.