Potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Potatoes — Yield was 28,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe is 28,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.0% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 35,029 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9,321 kg/ha, in 1962.
Zimbabwe ranks 46th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,780 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,321 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 9,503 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 13,381 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1965 | 13,384 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,951 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1967 | 13,062 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1968 | 12,500 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 15,172 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1970 | 15,172 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 15,333 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 15,000 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 14,706 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 14,706 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,182 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 15,049 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 14,633 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 15,115 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 14,667 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 14,845 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 14,612 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 15,120 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 15,625 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 15,758 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 15,882 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 16,111 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 15,946 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 15,790 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 15,897 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 15,762 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 15,625 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 15,790 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 15,897 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 15,790 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 15,659 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 15,494 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 15,263 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 17,234 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2000 | 17,699 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 18,183 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 18,685 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 19,316 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 20,077 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 20,844 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 22,392 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 23,282 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 24,182 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 25,089 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 26,004 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 26,926 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 27,852 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 28,782 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 35,000 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2015 | 34,027 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 35,029 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 23,900 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2018 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 19,000 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2020 | 23,000 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2021 | 21,000 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 23,000 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 25,000 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 28,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 28,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 28,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 2.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +40.8% | 9,503 kg/ha | 13,381 kg/ha |
| 2017 | -31.8% | 35,029 kg/ha | 23,900 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,895 kg/ha | 9,321 kg/ha | 15,172 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,956 kg/ha | 14,633 kg/ha | 15,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,569 kg/ha | 14,612 kg/ha | 16,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,841 kg/ha | 15,263 kg/ha | 17,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,975 kg/ha | 17,699 kg/ha | 25,089 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,052 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 35,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,000 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 28,000 kg/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 potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe was 28,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 35,029 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,321 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for potatoes — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 46th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — 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.