Bananas — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Bananas — Area harvested was 8,135 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 8,135 ha.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 20,000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6,500 ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 53rd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 6,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 7,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 7,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 8,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 8,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 8,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 8,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 9,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 9,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 11,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 12,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 12,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 13,300 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 13,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 14,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 16,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 16,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 17,016 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 17,000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 17,055 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 17,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 18,257 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 19,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 19,979 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 20,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 18,846 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 16,978 ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 12,242 ha | -27.9% |
| 2009 | 10,811 ha | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 9,813 ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 9,214 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 7,976 ha | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 7,721 ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 7,503 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 7,457 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 7,165 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 7,187 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 7,165 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 7,187 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 7,539 ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 7,844 ha | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 7,921 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 8,042 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 8,135 ha | +1.2% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 8,135 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 68% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 8,135 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 63% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -27.9% | 16,978 ha | 12,242 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,056 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,820 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,510 ha | 10,500 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,227 ha | 15,000 ha | 17,055 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,161 ha | 10,811 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,839 ha | 7,165 ha | 9,813 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,896 ha | 7,539 ha | 8,135 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 bananas — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Bananas — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 8,135 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 53rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Bananas — 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.