Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 105,552 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 105,552 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 122,238 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16,008 ha, in 1965.
Zimbabwe ranks 59th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,189 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,436 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 16,501 ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 16,012 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 16,008 ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 16,405 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 16,230 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 16,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 16,750 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 16,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 17,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 18,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 18,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 18,900 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 18,117 ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 18,711 ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 18,386 ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 19,081 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 19,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 20,277 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 19,821 ha | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 20,414 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 21,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 21,750 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 22,150 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 22,450 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 23,530 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 24,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 25,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 26,584 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 27,741 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 32,323 ha | +16.5% |
| 1993 | 35,723 ha | +10.5% |
| 1994 | 37,478 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 40,676 ha | +8.5% |
| 1996 | 40,737 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 42,432 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 41,722 ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 51,259 ha | +22.9% |
| 2000 | 52,789 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 56,056 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 58,592 ha | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 61,591 ha | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 63,824 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 66,037 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 69,720 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 71,447 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 72,445 ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 75,005 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 76,712 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 78,387 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 79,244 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 81,415 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 88,517 ha | +8.7% |
| 2015 | 89,342 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 88,363 ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 122,238 ha | +38.3% |
| 2018 | 110,351 ha | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 92,247 ha | -16.4% |
| 2020 | 99,330 ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 120,051 ha | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 102,959 ha | -14.2% |
| 2023 | 103,750 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 105,552 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,337 ha | 16,008 ha | 16,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,404 ha | 16,850 ha | 19,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,169 ha | 19,821 ha | 25,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,668 ha | 26,584 ha | 51,259 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,751 ha | 52,789 ha | 75,005 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,682 ha | 76,712 ha | 122,238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,328 ha | 99,330 ha | 120,051 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 105,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 122,238 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,008 ha in 1965.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 59th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.