Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 6,326 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Zimbabwe is 6,326 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 8,000 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6,258 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Zimbabwe 92nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 7,944 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 7,886 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 7,827 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 7,769 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 7,711 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 7,654 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 7,596 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 7,538 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 7,481 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 7,424 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 7,366 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 7,310 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 7,253 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 7,143 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 7,142 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,087 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 7,167 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 6,974 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 6,915 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 6,856 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 6,797 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 6,667 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,623 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 6,580 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,522 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 6,467 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 6,413 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 6,360 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 6,307 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 6,258 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 6,334 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 6,323 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,326 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 6,326 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 6,326 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,999 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,741 kg/ha | 7,481 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,178 kg/ha | 6,915 kg/ha | 7,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,595 kg/ha | 6,360 kg/ha | 6,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,310 kg/ha | 6,258 kg/ha | 6,334 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Zimbabwe was 6,326 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,258 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 92nd out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.