Oats — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Oats — Area harvested was 302 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 302 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 512 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 70th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 393 ha | — |
| 1980 | 512 ha | +30.3% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1984 | 250 ha | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +40.0% |
| 1986 | 280 ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | -28.6% |
| 1988 | 157 ha | -21.5% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +91.1% |
| 1990 | 196 ha | -34.7% |
| 1991 | 318 ha | +62.2% |
| 1992 | 223 ha | -29.9% |
| 1993 | 250 ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 252 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 210 ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 252 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 257 ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 250 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 265 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 268 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 277 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 305 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 340 ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 313 ha | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 350 ha | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 334 ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 312 ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 307 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 307 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 275 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 275 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 290 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 285 ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 284 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 292 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 290 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 293 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 299 ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 300 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 301 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 302 ha | +0.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 302 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 586 ha, 52% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 302 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,974 ha, 15% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +91.1% | 157 ha | 300 ha |
| 1991 | +62.2% | 196 ha | 318 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.3 ha | 0 ha | 393 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 344.9 ha | 157 ha | 512 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 247.3 ha | 196 ha | 318 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 311.9 ha | 268 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 289.8 ha | 275 ha | 307 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 300.4 ha | 299 ha | 302 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 67 Kyrgyzstan 870 ha compare
- 68 Slovenia 770 ha compare
- 69 Montenegro 462 ha compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 265 ha compare
- 72 Cyprus 250 ha compare
- 73 Lesotho 222 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 oats — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Oats — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 302 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 512 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for oats — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 70th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oats — 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.