Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 52,360 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Mozambique is 52,360 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 275.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 60,570 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 178 ha, in 1961.
That places Mozambique 18th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 178 ha | — |
| 1962 | 303 ha | +70.2% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 315 ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 650 ha | +106.3% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +23.1% |
| 1968 | 896 ha | +12.0% |
| 1969 | 1,265 ha | +41.2% |
| 1970 | 1,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 1,054 ha | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 972 ha | +21.5% |
| 2001 | 1,600 ha | +64.6% |
| 2002 | 2,600 ha | +62.5% |
| 2003 | 4,500 ha | +73.1% |
| 2004 | 7,500 ha | +66.7% |
| 2005 | 9,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 11,000 ha | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 2008 | 16,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 15,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 9,500 ha | -36.7% |
| 2012 | 12,240 ha | +28.8% |
| 2013 | 15,000 ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 13,953 ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 16,700 ha | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 17,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 22,700 ha | +33.5% |
| 2018 | 30,801 ha | +35.7% |
| 2019 | 36,347 ha | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 45,110 ha | +24.1% |
| 2021 | 53,024 ha | +17.5% |
| 2022 | 60,570 ha | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 48,214 ha | -20.4% |
| 2024 | 52,360 ha | +8.6% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 52,360 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,450 ha, 4.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 52,360 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 5.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +106.3% | 315 ha | 650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 557.44 ha | 178 ha | 1,265 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,270 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,005 ha | 800 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,717 ha | 972 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,924 ha | 9,500 ha | 36,347 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,856 ha | 45,110 ha | 60,570 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Mozambique was 52,360 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 60,570 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 178 ha in 1961.
- How does Mozambique rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 18th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 275.3%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.