Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested was 1,748 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 1,748 ha.
That represents a change of down 11.0% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 3,644 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 1991.
Zimbabwe ranks 18th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 290 ha | 290 ha | 290 ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 601 ha | 290 ha | 810 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 566.7 ha | 150 ha | 930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,246 ha | 859 ha | 1,702 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,533 ha | 1,811 ha | 3,199 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,312 ha | 1,698 ha | 3,644 ha | 5 |
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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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 1,748 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,644 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 18th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.