Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 69,856 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 69,856 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 109,611 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,520 ha, in 1975.
That places Mozambique 9th out of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,804 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,047 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 4,451 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 7,700 ha | +73.0% |
| 1965 | 4,047 ha | -47.4% |
| 1966 | 4,047 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,237 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 5,260 ha | +62.5% |
| 1969 | 5,666 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 8,094 ha | +42.9% |
| 1971 | 5,666 ha | -30.0% |
| 1972 | 5,261 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 5,666 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 5,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 2,520 ha | -55.8% |
| 1976 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,853 ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 2,789 ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 3,192 ha | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 3,277 ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 3,405 ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 2,700 ha | -20.7% |
| 1996 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,738 ha | +75.5% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | -40.9% |
| 2000 | 9,000 ha | +221.4% |
| 2001 | 10,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 24,000 ha | +128.6% |
| 2003 | 35,000 ha | +45.8% |
| 2004 | 48,000 ha | +37.1% |
| 2005 | 62,500 ha | +30.2% |
| 2006 | 58,000 ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 70,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 2008 | 62,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 60,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 60,553 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 61,080 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 44,000 ha | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 61,182 ha | +39.1% |
| 2014 | 76,317 ha | +24.7% |
| 2015 | 70,404 ha | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 80,451 ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 82,060 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 98,223 ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 109,611 ha | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 49,235 ha | -55.1% |
| 2021 | 45,785 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 55,785 ha | +21.8% |
| 2023 | 65,856 ha | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 69,856 ha | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,695 ha | 3,237 ha | 7,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,315 ha | 2,520 ha | 8,094 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,700 ha | 2,700 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,115 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,738 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,900 ha | 9,000 ha | 70,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 74,388 ha | 44,000 ha | 109,611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,303 ha | 45,785 ha | 69,856 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Mozambique was 69,856 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 109,611 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,520 ha in 1975.
- How does Mozambique rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 9th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.