Rice — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Rice — Yield was 328.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 328.7 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 33.3% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,910 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 260.8 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Zimbabwe 113th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,270 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1964 | 1,300 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,395 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 1,522 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 1,600 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 1,783 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1971 | 1,154 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1972 | 950 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1973 | 666.7 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1974 | 600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 501.2 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1976 | 463.9 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1977 | 471.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 577.1 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1979 | 583.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 597.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 260.8 kg/ha | -56.3% |
| 1983 | 328 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1984 | 1,438 kg/ha | +338.4% |
| 1985 | 1,430 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 2,910 kg/ha | +103.5% |
| 1987 | 2,874 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 2,600 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1989 | 2,685 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 2,340 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 2,250 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 2,222 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,500 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1994 | 2,255 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 2,177 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 2,095 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 2,008 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 2,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,817 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 1,715 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 1,610 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 1,502 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 1,392 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 1,282 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 1,170 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2006 | 1,059 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 950.4 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 844.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2009 | 742.2 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 643.8 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 549.7 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2012 | 379.1 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2013 | 399.9 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 342.6 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 306.5 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 342.8 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 374.5 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 402.5 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 448.4 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 614.1 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2021 | 839 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2022 | 493.1 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2023 | 493.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 328.7 kg/ha | -33.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 328.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 328.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 16% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +338.4% | 328 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha |
| 1986 | +103.5% | 1,430 kg/ha | 2,910 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,299 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 775.1 kg/ha | 463.9 kg/ha | 1,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,571 kg/ha | 260.8 kg/ha | 2,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,166 kg/ha | 1,817 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,227 kg/ha | 742.2 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 418.98 kg/ha | 306.5 kg/ha | 643.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 553.6 kg/ha | 328.7 kg/ha | 839 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 110 Trinidad and Tobago 975.7 kg/ha compare
- 111 Mozambique 620 kg/ha compare
- 112 Congo 557.6 kg/ha compare
- 114 Comoros 300.3 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Rice — yield in Zimbabwe was 328.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,910 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 260.8 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for rice — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 113th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.