Coffee, green — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Coffee, green — Yield was 817.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coffee, green — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 817.1 kg/ha for coffee, green — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.9% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,322 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 797.6 kg/ha, in 1971.
Zimbabwe ranks 28th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 981.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1967 | 953.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 1,285 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1969 | 942.2 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1970 | 931.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 797.6 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1972 | 843.4 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 887.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1974 | 978 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1975 | 1,146 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1976 | 1,323 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1977 | 1,192 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 1,273 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 1,289 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,284 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 1,188 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 1,204 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 1,175 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 1,469 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1985 | 1,628 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1986 | 1,686 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 1,743 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,931 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1989 | 2,306 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1990 | 2,322 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,950 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 1,041 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1993 | 1,053 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 1,313 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1995 | 1,324 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,330 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 1,333 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 1,471 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 1,290 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2000 | 1,273 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 1,254 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,235 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,215 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 1,195 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 1,214 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 1,203 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 1,192 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,182 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,172 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1,161 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,153 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,144 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1,134 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1,124 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,115 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,105 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 1,096 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,086 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 979.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 1,010 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 899.4 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2022 | 1,000 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 971.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 817.1 kg/ha | -15.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 817.1 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 579.75 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 817.1 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Coffee, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -46.6% | 1,950 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +34.7% | 953.8 kg/ha | 1,285 kg/ha |
| 1969 | -26.7% | 1,285 kg/ha | 942.2 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +25.1% | 1,175 kg/ha | 1,469 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,040 kg/ha | 942.2 kg/ha | 1,285 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 1,066 kg/ha | 797.6 kg/ha | 1,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,561 kg/ha | 1,175 kg/ha | 2,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,443 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha | 2,322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,214 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,110 kg/ha | 979.7 kg/ha | 1,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 939.7 kg/ha | 817.1 kg/ha | 1,010 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 coffee, green — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Coffee, green — yield in Zimbabwe was 817.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,322 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 797.6 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.