Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 348,823 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 348,823 ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 30.8% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 814,823 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 121,624 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 70th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193,422 ha | 121,624 ha | 276,983 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 338,052 ha | 278,441 ha | 433,758 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 466,263 ha | 319,921 ha | 643,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 562,072 ha | 499,510 ha | 679,255 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 642,042 ha | 375,843 ha | 814,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 455,959 ha | 330,507 ha | 672,713 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 411,911 ha | 348,823 ha | 503,798 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 67 Zambia 401,297 ha compare
- 69 Greece 355,087 ha compare
- 71 Serbia and Montenegro 331,405 ha compare
- 72 Yugoslav SFR 311,523 ha compare
- 73 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 310,967 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 348,823 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 814,823 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,624 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 70th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.