Oats — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Oats — Yield was 2,071 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in Zimbabwe is 2,071 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,286 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,200 kg/ha, in 1984.
That places Zimbabwe 41st out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1,883 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 1,484 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1981 | 1,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,600 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 1,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 1,429 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1986 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,250 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 1,675 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1989 | 2,263 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1990 | 1,995 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 2,170 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 1,655 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1993 | 2,000 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1994 | 1,955 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 1,905 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 1,917 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,896 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 1,600 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1999 | 1,913 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 1,948 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,984 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 2,167 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 2,125 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 2,049 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 2,061 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 2,073 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 2,286 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 2,095 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 2,084 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,074 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 2,063 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,061 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 2,062 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,076 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 2,086 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,086 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,085 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,087 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,084 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,071 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,071 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,071 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 2,071 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,232 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 2,071 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,461 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +35.1% | 1,675 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +34.0% | 1,250 kg/ha | 1,675 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,883 kg/ha | 1,883 kg/ha | 1,883 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 1,533 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,900 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 2,170 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,087 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 2,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,059 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,077 kg/ha | 2,071 kg/ha | 2,087 kg/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 oats — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Oats — yield in Zimbabwe was 2,071 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,286 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for oats — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 41st out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Oats — 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.