Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 88,892 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 88,892 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 59.8% on the previous year and down 35.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 329,803 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 88,892 ha, in 2024.
That places Zimbabwe 30th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 117,804 ha | — |
| 1962 | 172,558 ha | +46.5% |
| 1963 | 154,508 ha | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 167,857 ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 171,371 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 170,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1967 | 180,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 180,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 190,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 180,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 200,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 205,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 250,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1975 | 211,000 ha | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 208,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 190,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 150,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1979 | 150,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 160,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 240,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 230,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 180,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1984 | 151,000 ha | -16.1% |
| 1985 | 124,938 ha | -17.3% |
| 1986 | 130,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 190,000 ha | +46.2% |
| 1988 | 211,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 180,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 195,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 200,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 150,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1993 | 113,700 ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 130,015 ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 150,446 ha | +15.7% |
| 1996 | 128,341 ha | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 167,591 ha | +30.6% |
| 1998 | 178,555 ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 132,117 ha | -26.0% |
| 2000 | 175,773 ha | +33.0% |
| 2001 | 275,036 ha | +56.5% |
| 2002 | 258,610 ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 105,052 ha | -59.4% |
| 2004 | 133,339 ha | +26.9% |
| 2005 | 200,592 ha | +50.4% |
| 2006 | 176,196 ha | -12.2% |
| 2007 | 260,518 ha | +47.9% |
| 2008 | 180,000 ha | -30.9% |
| 2009 | 170,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 319,608 ha | +88.0% |
| 2011 | 329,803 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 214,266 ha | -35.0% |
| 2013 | 164,319 ha | -23.3% |
| 2014 | 137,350 ha | -16.4% |
| 2015 | 152,290 ha | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 185,850 ha | +22.0% |
| 2017 | 199,078 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 205,296 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 160,365 ha | -21.9% |
| 2020 | 153,346 ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 179,284 ha | +16.9% |
| 2022 | 206,078 ha | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 221,300 ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 88,892 ha | -59.8% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 88,892 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 2.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 88,892 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 83% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,011 ha | 117,804 ha | 180,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 193,400 ha | 150,000 ha | 250,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 179,694 ha | 124,938 ha | 240,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 154,576 ha | 113,700 ha | 200,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 193,512 ha | 105,052 ha | 275,036 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 206,822 ha | 137,350 ha | 329,803 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 169,780 ha | 88,892 ha | 221,300 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 ha compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 130,659 ha compare
- 28 Zambia 129,357 ha compare
- 29 Sierra Leone 125,530 ha compare
- 31 Ethiopia 85,000 ha compare
- 32 Egypt 72,882 ha compare
- 33 Madagascar 70,192 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 88,892 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 329,803 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 88,892 ha in 2024.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 30th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.3%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.