Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 79,728 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 79,728 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 84.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 79,728 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,800 ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 26th of 103 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,220 ha | +63.7% |
| 1963 | 10,708 ha | +72.2% |
| 1964 | 12,185 ha | +13.8% |
| 1965 | 13,844 ha | +13.6% |
| 1966 | 22,400 ha | +61.8% |
| 1967 | 13,500 ha | -39.7% |
| 1968 | 13,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1970 | 19,501 ha | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 16,315 ha | -16.3% |
| 1972 | 19,486 ha | +19.4% |
| 1973 | 21,883 ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 21,190 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 22,769 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 25,328 ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 26,419 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 24,677 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 24,518 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 24,515 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 34,146 ha | +39.3% |
| 1982 | 31,547 ha | -7.6% |
| 1983 | 33,033 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 33,048 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 31,644 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 33,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 31,339 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 31,853 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 33,699 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 32,379 ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 31,506 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 14,000 ha | -55.6% |
| 1993 | 9,000 ha | -35.7% |
| 1994 | 31,887 ha | +254.3% |
| 1995 | 34,805 ha | +9.2% |
| 1996 | 38,207 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 43,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 50,000 ha | +16.3% |
| 1999 | 43,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 2000 | 44,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 40,958 ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 38,791 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 45,000 ha | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 44,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 44,788 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 43,480 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 35,580 ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 35,320 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 36,174 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 40,663 ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 42,828 ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 53,486 ha | +24.9% |
| 2013 | 46,605 ha | -12.9% |
| 2014 | 43,121 ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 43,094 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 43,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 70,400 ha | +61.8% |
| 2018 | 68,680 ha | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 70,422 ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 74,189 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 74,513 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 74,684 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 79,722 ha | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 79,728 ha | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 79,728 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 2.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 79,728 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 4.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +254.3% | 9,000 ha | 31,887 ha |
| 1963 | +72.2% | 6,220 ha | 10,708 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,406 ha | 3,800 ha | 22,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,209 ha | 16,315 ha | 26,419 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,782 ha | 24,515 ha | 34,146 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,778 ha | 9,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 40,809 ha | 35,320 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,280 ha | 40,663 ha | 70,422 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76,567 ha | 74,189 ha | 79,728 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 79,728 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 79,728 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 26th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.9%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.