Sweet potatoes — Food in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sweet potatoes — Food was 207 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Food in Zimbabwe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — food in Zimbabwe is 207 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 24.0% on the previous year and up 728.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — food in Zimbabwe peaked at 419 1000 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 22 1000 t, in 2010.
Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 166 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 160.9 1000 t | 22 1000 t | 419 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 208.25 1000 t | 129 1000 t | 330 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — food in Zimbabwe?
- Sweet potatoes — food in Zimbabwe was 207 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 419 1000 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — food recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sweet potatoes — food?
- Zimbabwe ranks 29th out of 166 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — food rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 728.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.