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 41st out of 105 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.
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 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 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 41st out of 105 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.