Barley — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Barley — Yield was 5,465 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 5,465 kg/ha for barley — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 6,279 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,150 kg/ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 16th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,150 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,419 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 3,085 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1964 | 3,747 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1965 | 3,819 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 3,750 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1967 | 3,778 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 3,800 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 3,333 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 3,571 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 4,125 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1972 | 3,889 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 3,800 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 3,945 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 4,746 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1976 | 4,000 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1977 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,165 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1979 | 4,581 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 4,951 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 5,517 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 5,149 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1983 | 5,150 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,620 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 5,430 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 5,760 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 5,312 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 5,105 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 5,052 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 5,459 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 5,714 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 4,401 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1993 | 5,156 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1994 | 5,841 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 5,308 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 5,660 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 4,262 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1998 | 5,794 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1999 | 5,414 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 6,279 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2001 | 5,490 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 5,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 4,865 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 5,375 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 5,400 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 5,333 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 5,390 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,416 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 5,444 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 5,460 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 5,476 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 5,492 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5,466 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 5,476 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 5,463 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,461 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,460 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 5,465 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,464 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 5,463 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,464 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 5,468 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,465 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 5,465 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 5,465 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,093 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,320 kg/ha | 2,150 kg/ha | 3,819 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,182 kg/ha | 3,571 kg/ha | 5,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,205 kg/ha | 4,620 kg/ha | 5,760 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,301 kg/ha | 4,262 kg/ha | 5,841 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,405 kg/ha | 4,865 kg/ha | 6,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,466 kg/ha | 5,444 kg/ha | 5,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,465 kg/ha | 5,463 kg/ha | 5,468 kg/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 barley — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Barley — yield in Zimbabwe was 5,465 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,279 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,150 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for barley — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 16th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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 Barley — Yield. 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.