Barley — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barley — Area harvested was 10,641 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 10,641 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 12,000 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 304 ha, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 85th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 468.44 ha | 304 ha | 647 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,768 ha | 700 ha | 5,046 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,751 ha | 1,947 ha | 7,484 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,495 ha | 1,136 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,727 ha | 3,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,792 ha | 9,069 ha | 10,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,661 ha | 10,563 ha | 10,743 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Barley — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 10,641 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 304 ha in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barley — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 85th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — 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 volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.