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 107th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,150 ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 2,650 ha | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | -23.1% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | -40.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 836 ha | -16.4% |
| 1976 | 554 ha | -33.7% |
| 1977 | 458 ha | -17.3% |
| 1978 | 577 ha | +26.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 626 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 372 ha | -40.6% |
| 1983 | 372 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +34.4% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | -80.0% |
| 1986 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 207 ha | +107.0% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 203 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 200 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 203 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 184 ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 205 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 217 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 255 ha | +27.5% |
| 2000 | 282 ha | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 312 ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 348 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 460 ha | +32.2% |
| 2004 | 545 ha | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 631 ha | +15.8% |
| 2006 | 743 ha | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 881 ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 1,050 ha | +19.2% |
| 2009 | 1,265 ha | +20.5% |
| 2010 | 1,543 ha | +22.0% |
| 2011 | 1,911 ha | +23.8% |
| 2012 | 2,833 ha | +48.2% |
| 2013 | 2,960 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 3,755 ha | +26.9% |
| 2015 | 4,626 ha | +23.2% |
| 2016 | 3,780 ha | -18.3% |
| 2017 | 3,543 ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 3,387 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 2,529 ha | -25.3% |
| 2020 | 313 ha | -87.6% |
| 2021 | 3,466 ha | +1007.3% |
| 2022 | 1,093 ha | -68.5% |
| 2023 | 1,093 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 224 ha | -79.5% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 224 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 0% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 224 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88,500 ha, 0% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +1007.3% | 313 ha | 3,466 ha |
| 1987 | +107.0% | 100 ha | 207 ha |
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
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 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 107th out of 133 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.