Green corn (maize) — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Green corn (maize) — Yield was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, green corn (maize) — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 2,450 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,450 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,984 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Zimbabwe 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,984 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 1,990 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 1,996 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,002 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 2,007 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,013 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 2,018 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 2,022 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,024 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 2,031 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 2,038 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,048 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 2,000 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 2,099 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 2,142 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 2,214 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 2,220 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,243 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 2,263 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,282 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2,353 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,353 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,356 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,379 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 2,363 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,374 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,388 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 2,398 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,406 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,425 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,431 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,440 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,450 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 2,450 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,972 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 2,450 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 3,841 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,005 kg/ha | 1,984 kg/ha | 2,024 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,104 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,243 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,351 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha | 2,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,430 kg/ha | 2,406 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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 green corn (maize) — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Green corn (maize) — yield in Zimbabwe was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,450 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,984 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for green corn (maize) — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 45th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Green corn (maize) — 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.