Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 86 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 86 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 130 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 82nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 30 ha | — |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +100.0% |
| 1977 | 90 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 130 ha | +44.4% |
| 1979 | 110 ha | -15.4% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 80 ha | -27.3% |
| 1983 | 60 ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 45 ha | -25.0% |
| 1985 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 38 ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 39 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 35 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 45 ha | +28.6% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 48 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 51 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 60 ha | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 52 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 55 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 58 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 55 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 55 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 61 ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 63 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 66 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 68 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 71 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 73 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 80 ha | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 81 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 83 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 83 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 85 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 88 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 85 ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 86 ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 86 ha | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 86 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 4% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 86 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 233 ha, 37% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +100.0% | 30 ha | 60 ha |
| 1977 | +50.0% | 60 ha | 90 ha |
| 1978 | +44.4% | 90 ha | 130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 42 ha | 0 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 60.3 ha | 38 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.8 ha | 35 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 59 ha | 52 ha | 68 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.9 ha | 71 ha | 88 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 86 ha | 86 ha | 86 ha | 5 |
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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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 86 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 130 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 82nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.