Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 133,073 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Mozambique is 133,073 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 99.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 133,073 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,377 ha, in 1992.
Mozambique ranks 44th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,633 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,146 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 24,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 24,810 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 24,815 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 25,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 25,970 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 26,847 ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 27,299 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 29,250 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 29,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 29,750 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 29,850 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 30,350 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 30,450 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 30,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,750 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 30,950 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 29,450 ha | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 29,850 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 29,950 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 29,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 31,450 ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 31,550 ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 31,650 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 31,550 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 31,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 35,332 ha | +12.0% |
| 1991 | 28,558 ha | -19.2% |
| 1992 | 20,377 ha | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 24,245 ha | +19.0% |
| 1994 | 23,347 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 24,747 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 25,838 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 26,843 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 27,350 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 28,206 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 20,902 ha | -25.9% |
| 2001 | 24,321 ha | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 30,525 ha | +25.5% |
| 2003 | 34,953 ha | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 41,957 ha | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 51,468 ha | +22.7% |
| 2006 | 59,491 ha | +15.6% |
| 2007 | 63,445 ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 74,012 ha | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 86,021 ha | +16.2% |
| 2010 | 86,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 84,080 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 69,513 ha | -17.3% |
| 2013 | 67,773 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 66,616 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 72,711 ha | +9.1% |
| 2016 | 71,517 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 80,011 ha | +11.9% |
| 2018 | 90,874 ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 98,983 ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 111,060 ha | +12.2% |
| 2021 | 122,345 ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 130,010 ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 126,633 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 133,073 ha | +5.1% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 133,073 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 115,990 ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 133,073 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 2.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -28.6% | 28,558 ha | 20,377 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,263 ha | 23,633 ha | 27,299 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,650 ha | 28,000 ha | 30,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,790 ha | 29,450 ha | 31,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,484 ha | 20,377 ha | 35,332 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,710 ha | 20,902 ha | 86,021 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,863 ha | 66,616 ha | 98,983 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 124,624 ha | 111,060 ha | 133,073 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
- 41 Serbia and Montenegro 148,256 ha compare
- 42 Malawi 148,152 ha compare
- 43 Angola 137,920 ha compare
- 45 Bosnia and Herzegovina 128,399 ha compare
- 46 Kazakhstan 126,486 ha compare
- 47 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 125,471 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Mozambique was 133,073 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 133,073 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,377 ha in 1992.
- How does Mozambique rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 44th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.