Wheat — Area harvested in Mozambique
Mozambique: Wheat — Area harvested was 16,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Mozambique stood at 16,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Mozambique peaked at 19,000 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 941 ha, in 1997.
Mozambique ranks 90th of 124 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.
Wheat — Area harvested in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,600 ha | -33.9% |
| 1963 | 14,700 ha | +93.4% |
| 1964 | 11,400 ha | -22.4% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | -12.3% |
| 1966 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | -40.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 9,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1977 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1981 | 5,500 ha | +83.3% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,812 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | -47.5% |
| 1992 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 1,482 ha | -17.7% |
| 1994 | 1,292 ha | -12.8% |
| 1995 | 1,183 ha | -8.4% |
| 1996 | 1,137 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 941 ha | -17.2% |
| 1998 | 1,068 ha | +13.5% |
| 1999 | 1,257 ha | +17.7% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | +19.3% |
| 2001 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 2003 | 3,200 ha | +23.1% |
| 2004 | 4,600 ha | +43.8% |
| 2005 | 5,600 ha | +21.7% |
| 2006 | 6,800 ha | +21.4% |
| 2007 | 8,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 10,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 13,369 ha | +11.4% |
| 2011 | 11,941 ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 17,727 ha | +48.5% |
| 2013 | 18,081 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 19,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 18,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 15,623 ha | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 15,500 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 15,008 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 16,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 2020 | 13,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 16,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2023 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 16,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 13,755 ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 16,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,133 ha | 6,000 ha | 14,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,600 ha | 3,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,150 ha | 3,000 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,597 ha | 941 ha | 3,812 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,680 ha | 1,500 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,105 ha | 11,941 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,800 ha | 13,000 ha | 16,000 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 wheat — area harvested in Mozambique?
- Wheat — area harvested in Mozambique was 16,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 941 ha in 1997.
- How does Mozambique rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Mozambique ranks 90th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. 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 Wheat — 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.