Millet — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Millet — Yield was 293.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Millet — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 293.2 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 896 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 82 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Zimbabwe 81st out of 86 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.
Millet — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 463.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 583 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1963 | 595.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 595.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 648.7 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 540.5 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 472.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1968 | 526.3 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1969 | 459.5 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1970 | 564.1 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1971 | 473.7 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1972 | 432.4 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 526.3 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1974 | 457.1 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1975 | 500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 513.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 526.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 512.8 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 350 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1980 | 473.7 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1981 | 494.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 367.8 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1983 | 400 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 480 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 896 kg/ha | +86.7% |
| 1986 | 478 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1987 | 261.3 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1988 | 743.3 kg/ha | +184.5% |
| 1989 | 479.4 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1990 | 611.8 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1991 | 432.3 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1992 | 134.6 kg/ha | -68.9% |
| 1993 | 372.7 kg/ha | +176.9% |
| 1994 | 259.5 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1995 | 82 kg/ha | -68.4% |
| 1996 | 247.4 kg/ha | +201.7% |
| 1997 | 214.2 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 124.2 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1999 | 228.4 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 2000 | 203.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 276.5 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 2002 | 107 kg/ha | -61.3% |
| 2003 | 244.2 kg/ha | +128.2% |
| 2004 | 314 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 169.1 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 2006 | 289.9 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 2007 | 243.7 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 191.7 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 208.5 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 214.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 166.8 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2012 | 175 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 185.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 316.7 kg/ha | +70.5% |
| 2015 | 124.4 kg/ha | -60.7% |
| 2016 | 167.1 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 2017 | 449.2 kg/ha | +168.8% |
| 2018 | 337.2 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2019 | 209.4 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2020 | 300.4 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 2021 | 466.7 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 2022 | 216.3 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 2023 | 298 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2024 | 293.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 293.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,099 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 293.2 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 815.8 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 542.63 kg/ha | 459.5 kg/ha | 648.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 485.62 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 564.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 507.37 kg/ha | 261.3 kg/ha | 896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 270.71 kg/ha | 82 kg/ha | 611.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 224.8 kg/ha | 107 kg/ha | 314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 234.6 kg/ha | 124.4 kg/ha | 449.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 314.92 kg/ha | 216.3 kg/ha | 466.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 78 South Africa 489.4 kg/ha compare
- 79 Eritrea 333.3 kg/ha compare
- 80 Botswana 299.5 kg/ha compare
- 82 Sudan 275.1 kg/ha compare
- 83 Sudan (former) 258.6 kg/ha compare
- 84 Mauritania 230.8 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 millet — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Millet — yield in Zimbabwe was 293.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 896 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest millet — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for millet — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 81st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. 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 — 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.