Rice — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Rice — Area harvested was 224 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 224 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 79.5% on the previous year and down 94.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,626 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1985.
Zimbabwe ranks 118th of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 | 1,883 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,248 ha | 458 ha | 2,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 328 ha | 100 ha | 626 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 204.4 ha | 180 ha | 255 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 651.7 ha | 282 ha | 1,265 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,087 ha | 1,543 ha | 4,626 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,238 ha | 224 ha | 3,466 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 115 Saudi Arabia 419 ha compare
- 116 Papua New Guinea 409 ha compare
- 117 Eswatini 368 ha compare
- 119 Algeria 165 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia (Federated States of) 99 ha compare
- 120 Micronesia 99 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 rice — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Rice — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 224 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,626 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1985.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for rice — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 118th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.0%. 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 Rice — 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.