Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 53,243 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 53,243 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 53,643 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 36th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 14,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 14,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 14,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 16,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 17,300 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 18,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 18,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 19,500 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 19,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 20,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 23,800 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 30,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 33,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 34,658 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 38,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 37,938 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 39,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 40,362 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 40,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 41,343 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 41,888 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 43,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 43,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 44,009 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 44,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 44,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 44,514 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 46,267 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 47,271 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 48,291 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 48,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 50,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 52,012 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 51,678 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 51,765 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 51,937 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 52,490 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 53,143 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 53,643 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 53,092 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 53,293 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 53,343 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 53,243 ha | -0.2% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 53,243 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 150,434 ha, 35% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 53,243 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 95,885 ha, 56% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,367 ha | 14,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,330 ha | 15,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,930 ha | 18,000 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,076 ha | 23,800 ha | 40,362 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,302 ha | 40,000 ha | 46,267 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,709 ha | 47,271 ha | 53,143 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,323 ha | 53,092 ha | 53,643 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 53,243 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 53,643 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 36th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.