Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 168,843 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 168,843 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 36.7% on the previous year and up 46.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 266,733 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,817 ha, in 1999.
Zimbabwe ranks 62nd of 182 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 | 36,988 ha | 31,174 ha | 42,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,770 ha | 40,200 ha | 47,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,669 ha | 36,864 ha | 71,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 50,507 ha | 19,817 ha | 77,264 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,335 ha | 20,436 ha | 80,105 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 118,552 ha | 59,531 ha | 187,756 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 209,817 ha | 168,843 ha | 266,733 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 59 Peru 198,564 ha compare
- 60 Honduras 194,498 ha compare
- 61 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 175,043 ha compare
- 63 Indonesia 164,582 ha compare
- 64 Czechoslovakia 155,669 ha compare
- 65 Sierra Leone 155,038 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 168,843 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 266,733 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,817 ha in 1999.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 62nd out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.8%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.