Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 7,228 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 7,228 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.2% on the previous year and down 77.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 33,500 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1992.
Mozambique ranks 19th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 17,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 19,000 ha | +8.6% |
| 1973 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 14,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +28.6% |
| 1978 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 19,039 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 19,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | -31.6% |
| 1985 | 9,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | -22.2% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 6,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 1992 | 2,000 ha | -68.8% |
| 1993 | 4,024 ha | +101.2% |
| 1994 | 5,131 ha | +27.5% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | -61.0% |
| 1996 | 4,035 ha | +101.8% |
| 1997 | 4,054 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 4,065 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,647 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 5,631 ha | +21.2% |
| 2001 | 5,300 ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 7,200 ha | +35.8% |
| 2003 | 7,394 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 8,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 2005 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 9,256 ha | +10.2% |
| 2007 | 9,356 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 8,500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 17,600 ha | +107.1% |
| 2010 | 17,958 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 16,997 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 12,530 ha | -26.3% |
| 2013 | 27,000 ha | +115.5% |
| 2014 | 31,579 ha | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 33,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 33,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 32,478 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 27,641 ha | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 27,838 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 4,227 ha | -84.8% |
| 2021 | 4,042 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 4,048 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,868 ha | +45.0% |
| 2024 | 7,228 ha | +23.2% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 7,228 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 7,624 ha, 95% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 7,228 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +115.5% | 12,530 ha | 27,000 ha |
| 2009 | +107.1% | 8,500 ha | 17,600 ha |
| 1996 | +101.8% | 2,000 ha | 4,035 ha |
| 1993 | +101.2% | 2,000 ha | 4,024 ha |
| 2020 | -84.8% | 27,838 ha | 4,227 ha |
| 1992 | -68.8% | 6,400 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,111 ha | 13,000 ha | 17,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,554 ha | 14,000 ha | 19,039 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,216 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,694 ha | 5,300 ha | 17,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,102 ha | 12,530 ha | 33,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,083 ha | 4,042 ha | 7,228 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Mozambique was 7,228 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 33,500 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 19th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.1%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.