Bananas — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Bananas — Yield was 40,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Zimbabwe is 40,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 47.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 40,000 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4,348 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Zimbabwe 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,462 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,478 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 4,348 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 4,493 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 4,493 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,571 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 4,520 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 4,667 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 4,615 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 4,625 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 4,691 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 4,819 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 4,824 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 4,941 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 5,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,947 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 5,158 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 5,143 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 5,091 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,960 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 5,077 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 5,113 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 5,036 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 5,172 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 5,161 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 4,667 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 5,125 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 5,247 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 4,848 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 4,882 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 4,819 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 4,706 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 4,808 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 4,857 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 4,833 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,819 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 4,737 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 4,981 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 4,750 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 5,872 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2007 | 7,277 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2008 | 11,004 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2009 | 13,568 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 16,118 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2011 | 18,561 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2012 | 22,512 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2013 | 24,771 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 27,036 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 29,283 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 32,012 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 35,116 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 32,001 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 35,116 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 36,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 38,000 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 38,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 39,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 40,000 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 40,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 40,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield 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 | +51.2% | 7,277 kg/ha | 11,004 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,516 kg/ha | 4,348 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,921 kg/ha | 4,625 kg/ha | 5,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,059 kg/ha | 4,960 kg/ha | 5,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,946 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 5,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,670 kg/ha | 4,737 kg/ha | 13,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,253 kg/ha | 16,118 kg/ha | 35,116 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,200 kg/ha | 36,000 kg/ha | 40,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 12 Spain 48,096 kg/ha compare
- 13 Egypt 43,612 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ecuador 41,889 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 16 India 39,658 kg/ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 18,031 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,756 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 39,153 kg/ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 16,262 kg/ha compare
- 18 Morocco 38,172 kg/ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 600.4 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Bananas — yield in Zimbabwe was 40,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 40,000 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,348 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for bananas — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 15th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.9%. 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 Bananas — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.