Potatoes — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Potatoes — Area harvested was 24,053 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Zimbabwe stood at 24,053 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 111.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 25,773 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1975.
Zimbabwe ranks 69th of 167 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,839 ha | 1,450 ha | 2,412 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,530 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,668 ha | 1,377 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,080 ha | 1,600 ha | 3,766 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,720 ha | 4,304 ha | 8,944 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,633 ha | 9,276 ha | 21,482 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,675 ha | 21,327 ha | 25,773 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 66 Myanmar 26,999 ha compare
- 67 Tunisia 26,275 ha compare
- 68 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 70 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 71 Sweden 23,580 ha compare
- 72 Republic of Korea 23,045 ha compare
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 potatoes — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 24,053 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 25,773 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1975.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 69th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.