Cereals, primary — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cereals, primary — Yield was 1,070 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Zimbabwe is 1,070 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 1,867 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 309.7 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Zimbabwe 157th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 919.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 905.9 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 822.5 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 820.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 930.8 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 937.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,294 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1968 | 1,020 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1969 | 1,145 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1970 | 942.3 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1971 | 1,392 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 1972 | 1,637 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1973 | 961.3 kg/ha | -41.3% |
| 1974 | 1,486 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 1975 | 1,360 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 1,394 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1,476 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 1,379 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 1,144 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 1,185 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 1,748 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1982 | 1,139 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1983 | 633 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 1984 | 789.6 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1985 | 1,867 kg/ha | +136.4% |
| 1986 | 1,693 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 853 kg/ha | -49.6% |
| 1988 | 1,590 kg/ha | +86.4% |
| 1989 | 1,508 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 1,624 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 1,336 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 412.1 kg/ha | -69.2% |
| 1993 | 1,502 kg/ha | +264.5% |
| 1994 | 1,134 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1995 | 548.2 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1996 | 1,259 kg/ha | +129.6% |
| 1997 | 1,054 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 1,017 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 1,069 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 1,160 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 1,194 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 539.1 kg/ha | -54.8% |
| 2003 | 795.3 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2004 | 1,206 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 2005 | 653.8 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 2006 | 934.2 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 806.7 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 309.7 kg/ha | -61.6% |
| 2009 | 452.4 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 2010 | 733.4 kg/ha | +62.1% |
| 2011 | 587.4 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 695.7 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 668.5 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 831.4 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2015 | 557.5 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2016 | 435.1 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 1,203 kg/ha | +176.6% |
| 2018 | 1,254 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 749.6 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 2020 | 1,150 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 2021 | 1,546 kg/ha | +34.4% |
| 2022 | 830.8 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 2023 | 1,070 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2024 | 1,070 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1,070 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1,070 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,342 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +264.5% | 412.1 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 977.47 kg/ha | 820.5 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,317 kg/ha | 942.3 kg/ha | 1,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,300 kg/ha | 633 kg/ha | 1,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,096 kg/ha | 412.1 kg/ha | 1,624 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 805.05 kg/ha | 309.7 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 771.61 kg/ha | 435.1 kg/ha | 1,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,133 kg/ha | 830.8 kg/ha | 1,546 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 cereals, primary — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Zimbabwe was 1,070 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,867 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 309.7 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 157th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. 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, primary — Yield. 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.