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 126th out of 127 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.
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
- 123 Trinidad and Tobago 975.7 kg/ha compare
- 124 Mozambique 620 kg/ha compare
- 125 Congo 557.6 kg/ha compare
- 127 Comoros 300.3 kg/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 — 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 126th out of 127 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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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.