Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 119 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 119 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe peaked at 200 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 119 ha, in 2018.
That places Zimbabwe 59th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 200 ha | — |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 184 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 123 ha | -33.2% |
| 1992 | 123 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 123 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 123 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 122 ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 122 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 122 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 122 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 121 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 121 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 120 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 119 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 119 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 200 ha | 200 ha | 200 ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 128.5 ha | 121 ha | 184 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120.4 ha | 120 ha | 121 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 119.8 ha | 119 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119 ha | 119 ha | 119 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 191 ha compare
- 57 Trinidad and Tobago 178 ha compare
- 58 Suriname 153 ha compare
- 60 Hungary 62 ha compare
- 61 Palestine, State of 35 ha compare
- 62 Ghana 34 ha compare
- 62 Puerto Rico 34 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Zimbabwe was 119 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 200 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 119 ha in 2018.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Zimbabwe ranks 59th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. 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.