Agricultural land in Mozambique

Agricultural land made up 56.1% of the land area of Mozambique in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mozambique, 2024 56.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 56.1%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Mozambique (2024).
Position in 2024 47th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Mozambique over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period MozambiqueWorld
2024 56.1% –
2023 56.1% 36.9%
2022 56.0% 37.0%
2021 55.8% 37.0%
2020 55.7% 36.9%
2019 55.5% 36.9%
2018 55.4% 36.9%
2017 55.0% 37.0%
2016 54.5% 36.8%
2015 54.0% 36.8%
2014 53.5% 37.0%
2013 53.1% 37.0%
2012 52.7% 37.0%
2011 52.3% 36.7%
2010 51.9% 36.5%
2009 51.7% 36.5%
2008 51.4% 36.5%
2007 51.2% 36.6%
2006 51.1% 36.6%
2005 50.7% 36.6%
2004 50.6% 36.6%
2003 50.4% 37.0%
2002 50.0% 37.1%
2001 50.1% 37.2%
2000 49.8% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 56.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 53.5%, the figure has changed by +2.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Mozambique has the 47th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Mozambique
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)