Cassava, fresh — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 4,799 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 4,799 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,825 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,778 kg/ha, in 1981.
Zimbabwe ranks 79th of 93 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,929 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,007 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 3,007 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,034 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 3,034 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,061 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 3,000 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 3,067 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 3,032 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 3,062 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 2,812 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 3,030 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 3,030 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 3,030 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,006 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 3,243 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 2,778 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1982 | 3,243 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1983 | 3,684 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 4,103 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 4,141 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 4,250 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 4,095 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 3,954 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 3,913 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 3,992 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,939 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 4,008 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 3,947 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 4,061 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 4,103 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 4,231 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 4,212 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 4,375 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 4,267 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 4,268 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,186 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 4,368 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 4,354 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,370 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4,315 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 4,422 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 4,468 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 4,513 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 4,558 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,701 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 4,600 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,614 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,683 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 4,706 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 4,736 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 4,763 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 4,785 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,825 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 4,791 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,800 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,806 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 4,799 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 4,799 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,977 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 4,799 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,541 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,008 kg/ha | 2,929 kg/ha | 3,061 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,007 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 3,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,741 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 4,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,049 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 4,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,339 kg/ha | 4,186 kg/ha | 4,468 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,666 kg/ha | 4,513 kg/ha | 4,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,804 kg/ha | 4,791 kg/ha | 4,825 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Zimbabwe was 4,799 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,825 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,778 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 79th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.