Maize (corn) — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Maize (corn) — Yield was 729.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 729.9 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.9% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,311 kg/ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 286.7 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Zimbabwe 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,193 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,118 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1963 | 960 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1964 | 954.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,096 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 1,137 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 1,774 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 1968 | 1,324 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1969 | 1,764 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 1,202 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1971 | 1,901 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1972 | 2,311 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1973 | 1,209 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1974 | 2,031 kg/ha | +68.0% |
| 1975 | 1,758 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1976 | 1,806 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 1,866 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 1,673 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 1,428 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1980 | 1,340 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 2,078 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1982 | 1,277 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 1983 | 682.1 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1984 | 832.6 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 2,164 kg/ha | +159.9% |
| 1986 | 1,937 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 917.3 kg/ha | -52.7% |
| 1988 | 1,807 kg/ha | +96.9% |
| 1989 | 1,708 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 1,721 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 1,440 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1992 | 410.8 kg/ha | -71.5% |
| 1993 | 1,653 kg/ha | +302.3% |
| 1994 | 1,213 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1995 | 594.9 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 1996 | 1,415 kg/ha | +137.9% |
| 1997 | 1,104 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1998 | 1,012 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 1,087 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,180 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 1,231 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 455.4 kg/ha | -63.0% |
| 2003 | 782.9 kg/ha | +71.9% |
| 2004 | 1,296 kg/ha | +65.6% |
| 2005 | 619.5 kg/ha | -52.2% |
| 2006 | 977.2 kg/ha | +57.7% |
| 2007 | 865.1 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2008 | 286.7 kg/ha | -66.9% |
| 2009 | 464.2 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 2010 | 875.1 kg/ha | +88.5% |
| 2011 | 656.8 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2012 | 791.2 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 744.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 930.1 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 580.3 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2016 | 440.5 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2017 | 1,393 kg/ha | +216.3% |
| 2018 | 1,351 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 780.7 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 2020 | 1,180 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2021 | 1,534 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2022 | 762.8 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 2023 | 935 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2024 | 729.9 kg/ha | -21.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 729.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 729.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,273 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +302.3% | 410.8 kg/ha | 1,653 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,258 kg/ha | 954.7 kg/ha | 1,774 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,719 kg/ha | 1,202 kg/ha | 2,311 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,474 kg/ha | 682.1 kg/ha | 2,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,165 kg/ha | 410.8 kg/ha | 1,721 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 815.79 kg/ha | 286.7 kg/ha | 1,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 854.35 kg/ha | 440.5 kg/ha | 1,393 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,028 kg/ha | 729.9 kg/ha | 1,534 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 153 Mozambique 810 kg/ha compare
- 154 Haiti 769.4 kg/ha compare
- 155 Central African Republic 740.7 kg/ha compare
- 157 Morocco 722.4 kg/ha compare
- 158 Saint Lucia 700 kg/ha compare
- 159 Somalia 690 kg/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 maize (corn) — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Zimbabwe was 729.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,311 kg/ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 286.7 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.