Wheat — Yield in Mozambique
Mozambique: Wheat — Yield was 312.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Mozambique, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Mozambique is 312.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 68.8% on the previous year and down 71.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Mozambique peaked at 1,818 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 312.5 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Mozambique 124th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 765.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 789.5 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 952.4 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1964 | 701.8 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 862.4 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1968 | 920.2 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 866.7 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 920.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 1,046 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1972 | 1,000 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 1,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 1,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1977 | 400 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1978 | 600 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 630.8 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 1981 | 1,818 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,250 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1986 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 750 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 1,250 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,800 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 1991 | 1,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 1,111 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1993 | 1,161 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 1,146 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 1,140 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 1,136 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,133 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,134 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,137 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 1,000 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,038 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2003 | 1,188 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 1,087 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,107 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,235 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 1,176 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 1,250 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,337 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 1,704 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2012 | 995.8 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2013 | 1,095 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 1,090 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1,079 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,094 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 1,103 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,133 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,125 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,154 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,000 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 312.5 kg/ha | -68.8% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's 312.5 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,628 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's 312.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 18% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +81.8% | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -68.8% | 1,000 kg/ha | 312.5 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +66.7% | 750 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha |
| 1980 | +58.5% | 630.8 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 884.24 kg/ha | 701.8 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 853.05 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,317 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,240 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 1,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,133 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,176 kg/ha | 995.8 kg/ha | 1,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 924.02 kg/ha | 312.5 kg/ha | 1,154 kg/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)
- 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 — yield in Mozambique?
- Wheat — yield in Mozambique was 312.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,818 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 312.5 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for wheat — yield?
- Mozambique ranks 124th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Yield. 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.