Cabbages — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cabbages — Area harvested was 12,891 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cabbages — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 12,891 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 16.9% on the previous year and up 76.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 18,246 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1991.
That places Zimbabwe 25th out of 148 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.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10 ha | — |
| 1991 | 3 ha | -70.0% |
| 1992 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 8 ha | +166.7% |
| 1994 | 7 ha | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 407 ha | +5714.3% |
| 2000 | 544 ha | +33.7% |
| 2001 | 704 ha | +29.4% |
| 2002 | 899 ha | +27.7% |
| 2003 | 1,138 ha | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 1,663 ha | +46.1% |
| 2005 | 1,975 ha | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 2,257 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 2,517 ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 2,769 ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 3,026 ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 3,299 ha | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 4,454 ha | +35.0% |
| 2012 | 5,069 ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 5,743 ha | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 7,326 ha | +27.6% |
| 2015 | 8,291 ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 9,270 ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 10,261 ha | +10.7% |
| 2018 | 11,256 ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 14,750 ha | +31.0% |
| 2020 | 18,246 ha | +23.7% |
| 2021 | 16,515 ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 16,010 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 15,505 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 12,891 ha | -16.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 12,891 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,752 ha, 4.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 12,891 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,536 ha, 3.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cabbages — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +5714.3% | 7 ha | 407 ha |
| 1993 | +166.7% | 3 ha | 8 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46.6 ha | 3 ha | 407 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,749 ha | 544 ha | 3,026 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,972 ha | 3,299 ha | 14,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,833 ha | 12,891 ha | 18,246 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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 cabbages — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 12,891 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 18,246 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 25th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.0%. 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 Cabbages — 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.