Soya beans — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Soya beans — Area harvested was 37,658 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 37,658 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 102,699 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1966.
Zimbabwe ranks 45th of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 741 ha | — |
| 1962 | 874 ha | +17.9% |
| 1963 | 595 ha | -31.9% |
| 1964 | 445 ha | -25.2% |
| 1965 | 364 ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | -72.5% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +150.0% |
| 1969 | 3,750 ha | +1400.0% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 ha | +77.8% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 8,250 ha | +37.5% |
| 1974 | 11,400 ha | +38.2% |
| 1975 | 18,750 ha | +64.5% |
| 1976 | 18,200 ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 26,250 ha | +44.2% |
| 1978 | 28,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 44,000 ha | +57.1% |
| 1980 | 50,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1981 | 37,000 ha | -26.0% |
| 1982 | 52,000 ha | +40.5% |
| 1983 | 53,700 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 50,000 ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 41,000 ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 41,300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 50,000 ha | +21.1% |
| 1988 | 55,623 ha | +11.2% |
| 1989 | 60,356 ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 54,830 ha | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 57,870 ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 45,100 ha | -22.1% |
| 1993 | 52,160 ha | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 52,203 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 57,504 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 51,258 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 53,454 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 60,290 ha | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 52,931 ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 60,650 ha | +14.6% |
| 2001 | 64,009 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 51,282 ha | -19.9% |
| 2003 | 25,390 ha | -50.5% |
| 2004 | 49,572 ha | +95.2% |
| 2005 | 41,871 ha | -15.5% |
| 2006 | 47,137 ha | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 102,699 ha | +117.9% |
| 2008 | 62,000 ha | -39.6% |
| 2009 | 60,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 42,288 ha | -29.5% |
| 2011 | 44,672 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 50,408 ha | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 50,785 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 60,616 ha | +19.4% |
| 2015 | 44,155 ha | -27.2% |
| 2016 | 39,935 ha | -9.6% |
| 2017 | 23,515 ha | -41.1% |
| 2018 | 37,307 ha | +58.7% |
| 2019 | 33,136 ha | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 32,874 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 34,648 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 35,348 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 46,438 ha | +31.4% |
| 2024 | 37,658 ha | -18.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 37,658 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 37,658 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 69,324 ha, 54% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +1400.0% | 250 ha | 3,750 ha |
| 1968 | +150.0% | 100 ha | 250 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 802.11 ha | 100 ha | 3,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,335 ha | 4,500 ha | 44,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,098 ha | 37,000 ha | 60,356 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,760 ha | 45,100 ha | 60,290 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,461 ha | 25,390 ha | 102,699 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,682 ha | 23,515 ha | 60,616 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,393 ha | 32,874 ha | 46,438 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 soya beans — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 37,658 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 102,699 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1966.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 45th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.