Sorghum — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sorghum — Yield was 466.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 466.7 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 812.4 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 179.1 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Zimbabwe 106th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 515.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 650 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1963 | 687.5 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 687.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 693.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 800 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 793.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 407.6 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 1969 | 358.3 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 335 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 574.7 kg/ha | +71.6% |
| 1972 | 550.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 331.9 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 1974 | 568.5 kg/ha | +71.3% |
| 1975 | 514.2 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 562.8 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 530.8 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 573.2 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 585.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 649.2 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 597.9 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 323.5 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1983 | 179.1 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1984 | 334.6 kg/ha | +86.8% |
| 1985 | 578.1 kg/ha | +72.8% |
| 1986 | 762.8 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1987 | 307.9 kg/ha | -59.6% |
| 1988 | 812.4 kg/ha | +163.9% |
| 1989 | 498 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1990 | 683.6 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1991 | 598.3 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 391.4 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1993 | 646.4 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 1994 | 327.6 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 1995 | 336.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 438.1 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1997 | 358.5 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 310.6 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1999 | 399.8 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2000 | 398.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 511.7 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2002 | 265.2 kg/ha | -48.2% |
| 2003 | 554.4 kg/ha | +109.0% |
| 2004 | 619.3 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2005 | 272.6 kg/ha | -56.0% |
| 2006 | 409.1 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 2007 | 333.2 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2008 | 257.7 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2009 | 324.6 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2010 | 270.2 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2011 | 226.7 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 204.6 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 306.6 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 2014 | 458.9 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2015 | 241.2 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2016 | 190.7 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2017 | 310.8 kg/ha | +63.0% |
| 2018 | 649.8 kg/ha | +109.1% |
| 2019 | 334.8 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2020 | 638.3 kg/ha | +90.7% |
| 2021 | 697.2 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 369.7 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 2023 | 413.3 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 466.7 kg/ha | +12.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 466.7 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 466.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 955.6 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 621.48 kg/ha | 358.3 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 512.74 kg/ha | 331.9 kg/ha | 585.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 504.35 kg/ha | 179.1 kg/ha | 812.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 449.12 kg/ha | 310.6 kg/ha | 683.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 394.61 kg/ha | 257.7 kg/ha | 619.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 319.43 kg/ha | 190.7 kg/ha | 649.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 517.04 kg/ha | 369.7 kg/ha | 697.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 103 Central African Republic 500 kg/ha compare
- 104 New Caledonia 493.9 kg/ha compare
- 105 Mauritania 475 kg/ha compare
- 107 Lesotho 395.9 kg/ha compare
- 108 Albania 377.3 kg/ha compare
- 109 Angola 245.7 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 sorghum — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Sorghum — yield in Zimbabwe was 466.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 812.4 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 179.1 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sorghum — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 106th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.