Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 44.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — yield in Zimbabwe is 44.4 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 89.6% on the previous year and down 83.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 462.4 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 44.4 kg/ha, in 2024.
Zimbabwe ranks 47th of 47 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 392 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 314.2 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1963 | 267.5 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1964 | 197.2 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1965 | 210.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 271.8 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2020 | 265.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 462.4 kg/ha | +74.0% |
| 2022 | 238.2 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2023 | 427.6 kg/ha | +79.5% |
| 2024 | 44.4 kg/ha | -89.6% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 44.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 6% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 44.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276.26 kg/ha | 197.2 kg/ha | 392 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2010s | 271.8 kg/ha | 271.8 kg/ha | 271.8 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 287.66 kg/ha | 44.4 kg/ha | 462.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 44 Mozambique 236.8 kg/ha compare
- 45 Sudan (former) 226.4 kg/ha compare
- 46 Guinea-Bissau 152.9 kg/ha compare
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 cow peas, dry — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Zimbabwe was 44.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 462.4 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.4 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 47th out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — 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.