Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,855 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 10,855 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 11,005 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,592 kg/ha, in 1981.
Zimbabwe ranks 134th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,804 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,904 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 3,960 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 4,085 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 4,084 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,931 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 4,048 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 4,066 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 4,107 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 4,074 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 4,088 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 3,886 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1974 | 4,048 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 3,875 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 4,028 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 3,949 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 3,883 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 3,864 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 4,012 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 3,592 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 4,187 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1983 | 4,562 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 4,961 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 5,011 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 5,127 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 4,981 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 4,829 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 4,761 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 4,831 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 4,792 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 4,560 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 4,554 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 4,608 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 4,489 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 4,609 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 4,576 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 4,712 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 5,033 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 5,325 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 5,395 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 5,577 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 5,715 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 6,078 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 6,311 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 6,891 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 7,163 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 7,559 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 7,840 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 8,148 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 8,453 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 8,858 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 9,045 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 11,005 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 9,843 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 10,037 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 10,114 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 9,513 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 8,151 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 9,739 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2021 | 9,380 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 9,704 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 10,261 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 10,855 kg/ha | +5.8% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 10,855 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 10,855 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,987 kg/ha | 3,804 kg/ha | 4,085 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,980 kg/ha | 3,864 kg/ha | 4,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,602 kg/ha | 3,592 kg/ha | 5,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,676 kg/ha | 4,489 kg/ha | 5,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,385 kg/ha | 5,325 kg/ha | 7,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,317 kg/ha | 8,148 kg/ha | 11,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,988 kg/ha | 9,380 kg/ha | 10,855 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Zimbabwe was 10,855 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,005 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,592 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 134th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.