Apples — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Apples — Area harvested was 227 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 227 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 744 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 85th of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +13.3% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 230 ha | +15.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1976 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1979 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 550 ha | +22.2% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 673 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 744 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 542 ha | -27.2% |
| 1993 | 629 ha | +16.1% |
| 1994 | 673 ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 652 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 672 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 662 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 640 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 579 ha | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 559 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 539 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 518 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 498 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 478 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 458 ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 437 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 417 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 385 ha | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 367 ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 349 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 333 ha | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 317 ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 303 ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 289 ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 277 ha | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 265 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 254 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 244 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 185 ha | -24.2% |
| 2020 | 189 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 192 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 214 ha | +11.5% |
| 2023 | 217 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 227 ha | +4.6% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 227 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 1% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 227 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 736 ha, 31% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233.33 ha | 150 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 375 ha | 300 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 610 ha | 450 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 646.6 ha | 542 ha | 744 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 465.6 ha | 367 ha | 559 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 281.6 ha | 185 ha | 349 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 207.8 ha | 189 ha | 227 ha | 5 |
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 apples — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Apples — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 227 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 744 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for apples — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 85th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — 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.