Rice — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Rice — Production was 73.5 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — production in Zimbabwe stood at 73.5 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 86.4% on the previous year and down 94.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 4,726 t in 1970 and was at its lowest, 73.5 t, in 2024.
Zimbabwe ranks 122nd 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 | 2,538 t | 1,000 t | 4,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,260 t | 216 t | 4,726 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 375.6 t | 97 t | 719 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 440.47 t | 400 t | 500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 703.6 t | 483.1 t | 938.96 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,213 t | 993.39 t | 1,418 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 850.3 t | 73.5 t | 2,908 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 119 Micronesia (Federated States of) 181.81 t compare
- 119 Micronesia 181.81 t compare
- 121 Syrian Arab Republic 100 t compare
- 123 Comoros 5 t compare
- 124 Albania 0 t compare
- 124 Belgium 0 t compare
- 124 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 t compare
- 124 Croatia 0 t compare
- 124 Cyprus 0 t compare
- 124 Czechia 0 t compare
- 124 Denmark 0 t compare
- 124 Estonia 0 t compare
- 124 Finland 0 t compare
- 124 Germany 0 t compare
- 124 Ireland 0 t compare
- 124 Jamaica 0 t compare
- 124 Latvia 0 t compare
- 124 Lithuania 0 t compare
- 124 Luxembourg 0 t compare
- 124 Malta 0 t compare
- 124 Mauritius 0 t compare
- 124 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t compare
- 124 Poland 0 t compare
- 124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t compare
- 124 Slovakia 0 t compare
- 124 Slovenia 0 t compare
- 124 Sweden 0 t 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 — production in Zimbabwe?
- Rice — production in Zimbabwe was 73.5 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,726 t in 1970.
- What is the lowest rice — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.5 t in 2024.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for rice — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 122nd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.3%. 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 — 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.