Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 699.24 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 699.24 t for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 45.5% on the previous year and up 124.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 699.24 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.66 t, in 2009.
That places Zimbabwe 93rd out of 179 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.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107.49 t | — |
| 1962 | 119.52 t | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 124.17 t | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 126.38 t | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 130.41 t | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 148.3 t | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 169.58 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 194.82 t | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 225.64 t | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 241.94 t | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 240.75 t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 215.9 t | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 224.84 t | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 168.98 t | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 148.7 t | -12.0% |
| 1976 | 136.38 t | -8.3% |
| 1977 | 132.8 t | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 122.06 t | -8.1% |
| 1979 | 107.55 t | -11.9% |
| 1980 | 98.6 t | -8.3% |
| 1981 | 82.1 t | -16.7% |
| 1982 | 84.69 t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 86.68 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 106.95 t | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 80.71 t | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 80.51 t | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 102.18 t | +26.9% |
| 1988 | 81.11 t | -20.6% |
| 1989 | 91.05 t | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 82.3 t | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 77.73 t | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 76.54 t | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 67.99 t | -11.2% |
| 1994 | 69.98 t | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 68.98 t | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 70.57 t | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 62.82 t | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 69.58 t | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 87.47 t | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 95.42 t | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 83.5 t | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 89.46 t | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 77.53 t | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 73.56 t | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 71.57 t | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 69.28 t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 65.9 t | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 65.11 t | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 55.66 t | -14.5% |
| 2010 | 307.1 t | +451.7% |
| 2011 | 307.05 t | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 309.97 t | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 318.08 t | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 310.85 t | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 453.76 t | +46.0% |
| 2016 | 501.06 t | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 347.6 t | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 275.25 t | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 368.08 t | +33.7% |
| 2020 | 373.56 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 366.64 t | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 369.2 t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 480.44 t | +30.1% |
| 2024 | 699.24 t | +45.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.59 t | 107.49 t | 225.64 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 173.99 t | 107.55 t | 241.94 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 89.46 t | 80.51 t | 106.95 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.4 t | 62.82 t | 87.47 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.7 t | 55.66 t | 95.42 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 349.88 t | 275.25 t | 501.06 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 457.82 t | 366.64 t | 699.24 t | 5 |
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- 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 raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zimbabwe?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zimbabwe was 699.24 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 699.24 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.66 t in 2009.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 93rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.9%. 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 Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — 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.