Avocados — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Avocados — Area harvested was 2,718 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 2,718 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 18.0% on the previous year and up 149.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,718 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17 ha, in 1991.
That places Zimbabwe 30th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 110 ha | — |
| 1991 | 17 ha | -84.5% |
| 1992 | 41 ha | +141.2% |
| 1993 | 54 ha | +31.7% |
| 1994 | 62 ha | +14.8% |
| 1995 | 69 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 77 ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 85 ha | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 94 ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 103 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 224 ha | +117.5% |
| 2001 | 267 ha | +19.2% |
| 2002 | 314 ha | +17.6% |
| 2003 | 363 ha | +15.6% |
| 2004 | 414 ha | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 467 ha | +12.8% |
| 2006 | 521 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 576 ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 715 ha | +24.1% |
| 2009 | 779 ha | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 842 ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 905 ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 967 ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 1,029 ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 1,091 ha | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 1,153 ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 1,215 ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 1,277 ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 1,579 ha | +23.6% |
| 2019 | 1,859 ha | +17.7% |
| 2020 | 2,051 ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 2,120 ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 2,294 ha | +8.2% |
| 2023 | 2,304 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,718 ha | +18.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 2,718 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,402 ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 2,718 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,071 ha, 89% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +141.2% | 17 ha | 41 ha |
| 2000 | +117.5% | 103 ha | 224 ha |
| 1991 | -84.5% | 110 ha | 17 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71.2 ha | 17 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 464 ha | 224 ha | 779 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,192 ha | 842 ha | 1,859 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,297 ha | 2,051 ha | 2,718 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 avocados — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Avocados — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 2,718 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,718 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 30th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 149.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — 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.