Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 83,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 83,000 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 125,303 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 59,778 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Zimbabwe 19th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 88,259 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 97,383 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 76,612 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1964 | 106,576 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1965 | 110,187 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 84,821 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1967 | 105,333 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1968 | 104,846 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 104,062 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 90,252 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 99,602 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 92,117 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 82,530 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1974 | 109,202 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1975 | 115,420 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 83,386 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1977 | 116,848 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1978 | 106,780 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 104,209 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 103,120 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 103,995 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 113,703 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 104,078 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 104,666 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 109,974 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 125,303 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1987 | 106,536 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1988 | 100,423 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 108,921 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 95,522 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1991 | 102,724 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1992 | 93,007 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 59,778 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1994 | 107,246 kg/ha | +79.4% |
| 1995 | 108,404 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 94,224 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1997 | 108,163 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 96,220 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 108,302 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 96,080 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 113,043 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 94,544 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 100,733 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 93,659 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 78,820 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 84,678 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 81,426 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 73,109 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 64,640 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 66,203 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 71,402 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 73,460 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 84,969 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 89,423 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 77,691 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 80,069 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 79,015 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 79,216 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 78,991 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 79,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 79,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 81,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 82,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 83,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 83,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 83,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +79.4% | 59,778 kg/ha | 107,246 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 97,564 kg/ha | 76,612 kg/ha | 110,187 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100,035 kg/ha | 82,530 kg/ha | 116,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,072 kg/ha | 100,423 kg/ha | 125,303 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,359 kg/ha | 59,778 kg/ha | 108,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 88,073 kg/ha | 64,640 kg/ha | 113,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,044 kg/ha | 66,203 kg/ha | 89,423 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,800 kg/ha | 79,000 kg/ha | 83,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 16 Australia 87,569 kg/ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 20,747 kg/ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 87,569 kg/ha compare
- 18 Germany 83,903 kg/ha compare
- 20 Ecuador 82,810 kg/ha compare
- 21 Saint Lucia 80,000 kg/ha compare
- 22 Austria 79,881 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Zimbabwe was 83,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 125,303 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,778 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 19th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.