Millet — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Millet — Area harvested was 85,415 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 85,415 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 50.9% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 450,000 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 85,415 ha, in 2024.
Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Millet — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 450,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 420,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 420,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 390,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 370,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1967 | 360,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 380,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 370,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 390,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 1971 | 380,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 370,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 380,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 350,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 360,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 370,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 380,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1978 | 390,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 400,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 380,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 278,665 ha | -26.7% |
| 1982 | 266,479 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 250,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 250,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 295,000 ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 310,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 374,000 ha | +20.6% |
| 1989 | 295,600 ha | -21.0% |
| 1990 | 233,260 ha | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 282,735 ha | +21.2% |
| 1992 | 200,550 ha | -29.1% |
| 1993 | 255,350 ha | +27.3% |
| 1994 | 299,800 ha | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 258,110 ha | -13.9% |
| 1996 | 282,210 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 222,315 ha | -21.2% |
| 1998 | 169,304 ha | -23.8% |
| 1999 | 183,444 ha | +8.4% |
| 2000 | 152,390 ha | -16.9% |
| 2001 | 156,189 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 132,356 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 170,167 ha | +28.6% |
| 2004 | 228,435 ha | +34.2% |
| 2005 | 181,659 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 249,458 ha | +37.3% |
| 2007 | 204,884 ha | -17.9% |
| 2008 | 193,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 191,873 ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 238,282 ha | +24.2% |
| 2011 | 213,046 ha | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 208,460 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 199,719 ha | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 172,146 ha | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 142,054 ha | -17.5% |
| 2016 | 164,355 ha | +15.7% |
| 2017 | 138,365 ha | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 115,557 ha | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 139,405 ha | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 144,498 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 96,829 ha | -33.0% |
| 2022 | 128,969 ha | +33.2% |
| 2023 | 173,867 ha | +34.8% |
| 2024 | 85,415 ha | -50.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 85,415 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 85,415 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 395,556 ha | 360,000 ha | 450,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 377,000 ha | 350,000 ha | 400,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 294,974 ha | 250,000 ha | 380,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 238,708 ha | 169,304 ha | 299,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 186,041 ha | 132,356 ha | 249,458 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,139 ha | 115,557 ha | 238,282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 125,916 ha | 85,415 ha | 173,867 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 millet — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Millet — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 85,415 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 450,000 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,415 ha in 2024.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for millet — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 27th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. 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 Millet — 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.