Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 10,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 10,000 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 10,000 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 689.7 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Zimbabwe 4th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 689.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 689.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 697.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 697.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 701.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 701.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 714.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 714.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 857.1 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 864.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 864.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 860.2 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 6,000 kg/ha | +597.5% |
| 1992 | 6,000 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 8,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8,838 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 10,000 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2023 | 9,775 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 10,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 849.7 kg/ha, 11.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 10,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 769.65 kg/ha, 13.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 689.7 kg/ha | 689.7 kg/ha | 689.7 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 750.28 kg/ha | 689.7 kg/ha | 864.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,486 kg/ha | 860.2 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,200 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,322 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 1 French Polynesia 72,883 kg/ha compare
- 1 Polynesia 4,479 kg/ha compare
- 2 Tajikistan 20,910 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 2,659 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iraq 10,792 kg/ha compare
- 3 Caribbean 3,966 kg/ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 769.1 kg/ha compare
- 5 Cambodia 6,722 kg/ha compare
- 6 Costa Rica 4,269 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 444.3 kg/ha compare
- 7 Malaysia 4,151 kg/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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zimbabwe was 10,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 689.7 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 4th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.