Papayas — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Papayas — Yield was 3,460 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 3,460 kg/ha for papayas — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 5,714 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3,281 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Zimbabwe 64th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5,714 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 5,185 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 4,286 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1993 | 5,714 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1994 | 5,105 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 4,983 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 4,922 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 4,833 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 4,286 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 5,714 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2000 | 4,286 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 4,594 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 4,533 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 4,468 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 4,381 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 4,235 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 4,297 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 4,242 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 4,186 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 4,130 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 4,074 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 4,016 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 3,750 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 3,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,757 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3,729 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 3,646 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 3,600 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,533 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 3,471 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 3,404 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 3,397 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 3,332 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 3,281 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 3,460 kg/ha | +5.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 3,460 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14,114 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 3,460 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,009 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +33.3% | 4,286 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +33.3% | 4,286 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -25.0% | 5,714 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,074 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,335 kg/ha | 4,130 kg/ha | 4,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,733 kg/ha | 3,471 kg/ha | 4,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,375 kg/ha | 3,281 kg/ha | 3,460 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 papayas — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Papayas — yield in Zimbabwe was 3,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,714 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,281 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for papayas — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 64th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Papayas — 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.