Plums and sloes — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Plums and sloes — Yield was 3,190 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1975–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Zimbabwe is 3,190 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,275 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 3,074 kg/ha, in 2018.
Zimbabwe ranks 74th of 88 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 50 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1976 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,431 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,554 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 3,230 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 3,464 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 3,750 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1983 | 3,583 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 3,444 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 3,580 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 3,375 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 4,275 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1988 | 3,525 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1989 | 3,342 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 3,385 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 3,314 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 3,435 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 3,333 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 3,600 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 3,536 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 3,553 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 3,833 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 3,400 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 3,636 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 3,491 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 3,480 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 3,466 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3,452 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,518 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 3,418 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 3,391 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 3,361 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 3,331 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 3,301 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 3,272 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 3,245 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,125 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 3,125 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,126 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,138 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 3,128 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 3,109 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,074 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,202 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 3,232 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,169 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 3,201 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 3,201 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,190 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 3,190 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,312 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 3,190 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,497 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +26.7% | 3,375 kg/ha | 4,275 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,397 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,554 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 3,557 kg/ha | 3,230 kg/ha | 4,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,503 kg/ha | 3,314 kg/ha | 3,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,421 kg/ha | 3,301 kg/ha | 3,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,154 kg/ha | 3,074 kg/ha | 3,272 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,199 kg/ha | 3,169 kg/ha | 3,232 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 71 China 3,461 kg/ha compare
- 72 China, mainland 3,459 kg/ha compare
- 73 Grenada 3,439 kg/ha compare
- 75 Yugoslav SFR 3,187 kg/ha compare
- 76 North Macedonia 3,104 kg/ha compare
- 77 Belgium-Luxembourg 3,000 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 plums and sloes — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Zimbabwe was 3,190 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,275 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,074 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 74th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.