Fruit Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Fruit Primary — Yield was 33,576 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fruit Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 33,576 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and up 53.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 33,576 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,718 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,718 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,883 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 3,838 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 3,954 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 3,967 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 4,040 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 4,039 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,159 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 4,196 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 4,213 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 4,211 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 4,304 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 4,328 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 4,441 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 4,565 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 4,433 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 4,523 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 4,571 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 4,692 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 4,650 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 4,739 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 4,673 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 4,726 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 4,716 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 4,807 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 4,998 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 5,138 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 5,254 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 5,023 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 5,156 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 5,272 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 5,026 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 5,574 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1994 | 5,585 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5,409 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 5,449 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 5,426 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 5,357 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 5,535 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5,739 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 5,853 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 6,009 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 6,110 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 6,420 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 6,493 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 7,384 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 8,410 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 12,521 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2009 | 14,531 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 15,831 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 17,436 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 19,487 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2013 | 20,745 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 21,890 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 23,081 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 24,294 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 25,745 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 25,220 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 26,602 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 30,092 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 30,188 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 31,077 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 31,440 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 33,576 kg/ha | +6.8% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 33,576 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 3.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 33,576 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 4.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +48.9% | 8,410 kg/ha | 12,521 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,977 kg/ha | 3,718 kg/ha | 4,196 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,428 kg/ha | 4,211 kg/ha | 4,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,872 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 5,254 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,379 kg/ha | 5,026 kg/ha | 5,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,947 kg/ha | 5,739 kg/ha | 14,531 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,033 kg/ha | 15,831 kg/ha | 26,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,274 kg/ha | 30,092 kg/ha | 33,576 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 1 Guyana 38,100 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 18,882 kg/ha compare
- 2 Belgium-Luxembourg 37,654 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,463 kg/ha compare
- 3 Costa Rica 34,518 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 15,757 kg/ha compare
- 5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 33,139 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 15,569 kg/ha compare
- 6 Martinique 31,328 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,650 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 31,261 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 fruit primary — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Fruit primary — yield in Zimbabwe was 33,576 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 33,576 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,718 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit 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.