Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity was 1,228 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Zimbabwe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 1,228 1000 t for cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in 2023.
The figure is up 52.5% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Zimbabwe peaked at 1,704 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 666 1000 t, in 2019.
That places Zimbabwe 100th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,104 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,432 1000 t | +29.7% |
| 2012 | 1,156 1000 t | -19.3% |
| 2013 | 1,023 1000 t | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 1,165 1000 t | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 1,546 1000 t | +32.7% |
| 2016 | 1,692 1000 t | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 895 1000 t | -47.1% |
| 2018 | 736 1000 t | -17.8% |
| 2019 | 666 1000 t | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 1,704 1000 t | +155.9% |
| 2021 | 1,224 1000 t | -28.2% |
| 2022 | 805 1000 t | -34.2% |
| 2023 | 1,228 1000 t | +52.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1,228 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,144 1000 t, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1,228 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,008 1000 t, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,142 1000 t | 666 1000 t | 1,692 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,240 1000 t | 805 1000 t | 1,704 1000 t | 4 |
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 cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Zimbabwe?
- Cereals - excluding beer — import quantity in Zimbabwe was 1,228 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — import quantity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,704 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — import quantity recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 666 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cereals - excluding beer — import quantity?
- Zimbabwe ranks 100th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — import quantity rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.