Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 869,536 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 869,536 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 20.4% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 2.04 million ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 736,962 ha, in 1968.
That places Zimbabwe 41st out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 797,198 ha | 736,962 ha | 890,934 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 936,530 ha | 790,335 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.29 million ha | 1.13 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.31 million ha | 881,000 ha | 1.74 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.62 million ha | 1.24 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.21 million ha | 991,354 ha | 1.54 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 million ha | 869,536 ha | 1.14 million ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 869,536 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2.04 million ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 736,962 ha in 1968.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 41st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.