Apples — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Apples — Yield was 29,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — yield in Zimbabwe is 29,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.5% on the previous year and up 78.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 29,000 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,333 kg/ha, in 1967.
Zimbabwe ranks 19th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,647 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 8,000 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 8,500 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 7,826 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 7,333 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 7,667 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1969 | 8,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 8,333 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 7,429 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 7,714 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 8,000 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 8,286 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 7,500 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1976 | 7,750 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 8,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 8,093 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 8,140 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 8,102 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 8,374 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 8,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 8,409 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 8,077 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 7,892 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 9,366 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1987 | 9,345 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 10,678 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 10,925 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 9,428 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1991 | 9,221 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 9,218 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 9,215 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 9,212 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 9,208 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 9,232 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 9,058 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 9,062 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 9,831 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 10,061 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 10,312 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 10,584 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 10,875 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 11,185 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 11,512 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 11,912 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 12,326 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 13,247 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 13,733 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 14,227 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 14,726 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 15,228 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 15,730 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 16,230 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 16,725 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 17,211 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 17,686 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 18,147 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 21,000 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2020 | 23,000 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 21,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 22,000 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 24,903 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2024 | 29,000 kg/ha | +16.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 29,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,672 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 29,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,267 kg/ha, 3.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,886 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 8,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,925 kg/ha | 7,429 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,950 kg/ha | 7,892 kg/ha | 10,925 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,269 kg/ha | 9,058 kg/ha | 9,831 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,575 kg/ha | 10,061 kg/ha | 13,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,691 kg/ha | 14,227 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,981 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 29,000 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Apples — yield in Zimbabwe was 29,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 29,000 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,333 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for apples — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 19th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 78.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. 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.