Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 9.5% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe, 1965–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe stood at 9.5%.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe peaked at 22.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 1992.
That places Zimbabwe 78th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 18.8% | — |
| 1966 | 21.1% | +12.6% |
| 1967 | 21.9% | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 16.9% | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 19.5% | +15.6% |
| 1970 | 16.3% | -16.5% |
| 1971 | 18.5% | +13.4% |
| 1972 | 19.0% | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 15.9% | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 19.5% | +22.3% |
| 1975 | 18.6% | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 18.6% | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 17.5% | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 14.1% | -19.5% |
| 1979 | 13.1% | -7.0% |
| 1980 | 15.1% | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 16.6% | +10.2% |
| 1982 | 14.8% | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 9.9% | -33.0% |
| 1984 | 13.4% | +35.4% |
| 1985 | 20.7% | +54.3% |
| 1986 | 16.1% | -22.1% |
| 1987 | 13.1% | -18.7% |
| 1988 | 14.8% | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 13.4% | -9.6% |
| 1990 | 14.8% | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 13.5% | -8.7% |
| 1992 | 6.8% | -50.2% |
| 1993 | 13.7% | +103.5% |
| 1994 | 17.1% | +24.3% |
| 1995 | 13.5% | -21.2% |
| 1996 | 19.3% | +43.7% |
| 1997 | 16.7% | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 18.9% | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 15.5% | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 15.7% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 15.6% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 12.6% | -19.6% |
| 2003 | 14.8% | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 18.1% | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 17.1% | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 19.2% | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 21.2% | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 19.0% | -10.3% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | -43.5% |
| 2010 | 9.6% | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 8.7% | -9.8% |
| 2012 | 8.0% | -7.2% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 8.3% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 7.2% | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 22.7% | +210.2% |
| 2020 | 20.8% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 21.5% | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 17.1% | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 11.5% | -32.6% |
| 2024 | 8.7% | -24.4% |
| 2025 | 9.5% | +9.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 9.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 57% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 9.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 20.8%, 46% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +210.2% | 7.3% | 22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.6% | 16.9% | 21.9% | 5 |
| 1970s | 17.1% | 13.1% | 19.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.8% | 9.9% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.0% | 6.8% | 19.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.4% | 10.7% | 21.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 7.1% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8% | 8.7% | 21.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 34.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0947 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 286.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8815 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.595 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Zimbabwe was 9.5% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 22.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 1992.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Zimbabwe ranks 78th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.