Barley and products — Food supply in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barley and products — Food supply was 6,030 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Barley and products — Food supply in Zimbabwe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley and products — food supply in Zimbabwe is 6,030 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley and products — food supply in Zimbabwe peaked at 10,885 million Kcal in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,382 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Zimbabwe 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Barley and products — Food supply in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,382 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 5,936 million Kcal | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 8,899 million Kcal | +49.9% |
| 2013 | 6,962 million Kcal | -21.8% |
| 2014 | 6,987 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 6,103 million Kcal | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 5,903 million Kcal | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 6,008 million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 10,885 million Kcal | +81.2% |
| 2019 | 5,621 million Kcal | -48.4% |
| 2020 | 5,693 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 5,940 million Kcal | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 5,964 million Kcal | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,030 million Kcal | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,869 million Kcal | 5,382 million Kcal | 10,885 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,907 million Kcal | 5,693 million Kcal | 6,030 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 barley and products — food supply in Zimbabwe?
- Barley and products — food supply in Zimbabwe was 6,030 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley and products — food supply recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 10,885 million Kcal in 2018.
- What is the lowest barley and products — food supply recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,382 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barley and products — food supply?
- Zimbabwe ranks 70th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is barley and products — food supply rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. 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 Barley and products — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.