Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested was 4,552 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 4,552 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,557 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 5th out of 21 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,950 ha | +30.0% |
| 1987 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,300 ha | +17.9% |
| 1991 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,850 ha | +23.9% |
| 1993 | 2,837 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 2,914 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,032 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 3,085 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 3,137 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 3,150 ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 3,197 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3,207 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,218 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 3,227 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 3,150 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,508 ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 3,687 ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 3,952 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 4,117 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 4,117 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,166 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 4,258 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 4,341 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 4,361 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 4,403 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,475 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 4,539 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 4,557 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,550 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,548 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,552 ha | +0.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 4,552 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 2.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +30.0% | 1,500 ha | 1,950 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,680 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,846 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,137 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,350 ha | 3,150 ha | 3,952 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,264 ha | 4,117 ha | 4,475 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,549 ha | 4,539 ha | 4,557 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 jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 4,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,557 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for jute, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 5th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is jute, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Jute, raw or retted — 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.