Potatoes — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Potatoes — Production was 673,484 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 673,484 t for potatoes — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 12.3% on the previous year and up 69.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 673,484 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,786 t, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 56th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 21,302 t | 19,786 t | 22,922 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,868 t | 20,495 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,032 t | 20,383 t | 30,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,213 t | 25,000 t | 64,905 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 144,726 t | 76,170 t | 224,400 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 368,193 t | 241,224 t | 476,904 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 569,645 t | 447,867 t | 673,484 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 53 Rwanda 827,355 t compare
- 54 Turkmenistan 824,320 t compare
- 55 Austria 693,640 t compare
- 57 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t compare
- 58 Czechia 655,510 t compare
- 59 Saudi Arabia 625,071 t 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 — production in Zimbabwe?
- Potatoes — production in Zimbabwe was 673,484 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 673,484 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,786 t in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for potatoes — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 56th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.4%. 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 — Production. 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.