Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 416 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 416 kg/ha.
The figure is down 11.7% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 925.1 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 165 kg/ha, in 1984.
Zimbabwe ranks 108th of 112 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 863.5 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1963 | 801.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 607.2 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1965 | 354.6 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 1966 | 648.9 kg/ha | +83.0% |
| 1967 | 703.4 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 460.5 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1969 | 588.9 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1970 | 631.6 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 880.5 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1972 | 854.2 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 450.8 kg/ha | -47.2% |
| 1974 | 821.9 kg/ha | +82.3% |
| 1975 | 603.5 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1976 | 925.1 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 1977 | 741.6 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1978 | 757.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 716.9 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 485.5 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1981 | 495 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 484.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 175.8 kg/ha | -63.7% |
| 1984 | 165 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 567.8 kg/ha | +244.1% |
| 1986 | 467 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1987 | 398.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1988 | 626.6 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1989 | 549.3 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 610.7 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1991 | 535.2 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 226.9 kg/ha | -57.6% |
| 1993 | 587.5 kg/ha | +158.9% |
| 1994 | 700.3 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1995 | 303.6 kg/ha | -56.6% |
| 1996 | 526.4 kg/ha | +73.4% |
| 1997 | 737.7 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1998 | 258.5 kg/ha | -65.0% |
| 1999 | 607.3 kg/ha | +134.9% |
| 2000 | 706.1 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2001 | 613.6 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2002 | 218 kg/ha | -64.5% |
| 2003 | 823.3 kg/ha | +277.7% |
| 2004 | 481.2 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2005 | 287.9 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 2006 | 472 kg/ha | +63.9% |
| 2007 | 486.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 444.4 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 462.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 427.8 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 295.6 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 2012 | 336.9 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 412.9 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2014 | 412.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 342.1 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2016 | 254 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2017 | 494.3 kg/ha | +94.6% |
| 2018 | 501.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 338.5 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2020 | 502 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2021 | 488.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 323 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2023 | 470.9 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 2024 | 416 kg/ha | -11.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 416 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 416 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +277.7% | 218 kg/ha | 823.3 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +244.1% | 165 kg/ha | 567.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 632.77 kg/ha | 354.6 kg/ha | 863.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 738.34 kg/ha | 450.8 kg/ha | 925.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 441.49 kg/ha | 165 kg/ha | 626.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 509.41 kg/ha | 226.9 kg/ha | 737.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 499.53 kg/ha | 218 kg/ha | 823.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 381.62 kg/ha | 254 kg/ha | 501.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 440 kg/ha | 323 kg/ha | 502 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zimbabwe was 416 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 925.1 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 165 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 108th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.