Soya beans — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Soya beans — Yield was 1,840 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Zimbabwe is 1,840 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 20.3% on the previous year and up 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,805 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 406.7 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Zimbabwe 50th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 637 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 664.8 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 472.3 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1964 | 406.7 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1965 | 458.8 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 1,770 kg/ha | +285.8% |
| 1967 | 1,670 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 1,732 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 463.5 kg/ha | -73.2% |
| 1970 | 1,911 kg/ha | +312.2% |
| 1971 | 1,110 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 1972 | 1,705 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 1973 | 1,067 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1974 | 1,914 kg/ha | +79.4% |
| 1975 | 1,683 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1976 | 2,467 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1977 | 1,900 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1978 | 2,805 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1979 | 1,967 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1980 | 1,948 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 1,970 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,762 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 1,501 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1984 | 1,795 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1985 | 2,137 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1986 | 1,781 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1987 | 2,184 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1988 | 2,182 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 2,050 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 2,069 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1,926 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 1,134 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1993 | 1,934 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1994 | 2,122 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 1,679 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1996 | 1,891 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 1,816 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 1,930 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 2,280 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 2,233 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 2,200 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,647 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2003 | 1,623 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 1,731 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 1,355 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2006 | 1,491 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 1,757 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2008 | 1,613 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 1,500 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 1,356 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 1,205 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 1,530 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2013 | 1,314 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2014 | 1,177 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 945.9 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 1,196 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2017 | 1,551 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2018 | 1,868 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2019 | 695.4 kg/ha | -62.8% |
| 2020 | 1,815 kg/ha | +161.0% |
| 2021 | 1,570 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 1,533 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,529 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,840 kg/ha | +20.3% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 1,840 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 1,840 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +312.2% | 463.5 kg/ha | 1,911 kg/ha |
| 1966 | +285.8% | 458.8 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +161.0% | 695.4 kg/ha | 1,815 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 919.46 kg/ha | 406.7 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,853 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 2,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,931 kg/ha | 1,501 kg/ha | 2,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,878 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 2,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,715 kg/ha | 1,355 kg/ha | 2,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,284 kg/ha | 695.4 kg/ha | 1,868 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,657 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha | 1,840 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 soya beans — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Soya beans — yield in Zimbabwe was 1,840 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,805 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 406.7 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for soya beans — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 50th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.4%. 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 Soya beans — 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.