Sweet potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Sweet potatoes — Yield was 7,663 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 7,663 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 13,400 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,718 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Zimbabwe 70th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,789 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,744 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 4,775 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 3,102 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1965 | 2,778 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 6,250 kg/ha | +125.0% |
| 1967 | 6,154 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 5,000 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1969 | 3,667 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1970 | 3,000 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1971 | 2,600 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 2,333 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 2,143 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 2,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,230 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 2,124 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 1,718 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 2,436 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1979 | 2,250 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1980 | 2,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,913 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 1,824 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 2,000 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 2,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 2,222 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 2,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 2,264 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 2,364 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,250 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 2,154 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 2,143 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 2,000 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 2,143 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1994 | 2,138 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 2,141 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 2,149 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 2,157 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 2,000 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 3,122 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 2000 | 3,434 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 3,760 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2002 | 4,100 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 4,502 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2004 | 4,966 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 5,418 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2006 | 6,322 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 6,851 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 7,381 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 7,913 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 8,447 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 8,982 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 9,520 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 10,059 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 13,400 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2015 | 8,654 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 2016 | 8,500 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 10,208 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2018 | 8,494 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 5,042 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 2020 | 5,787 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 9,286 kg/ha | +60.4% |
| 2022 | 7,889 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 7,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7,663 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 7,663 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,839 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 7,663 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,417 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +125.0% | 2,778 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,584 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,298 kg/ha | 1,718 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,154 kg/ha | 1,824 kg/ha | 2,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,215 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 3,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,465 kg/ha | 3,434 kg/ha | 7,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,131 kg/ha | 5,042 kg/ha | 13,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,703 kg/ha | 5,787 kg/ha | 9,286 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 sweet potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Sweet potatoes — yield in Zimbabwe was 7,663 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 13,400 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,718 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for sweet potatoes — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 70th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.8%. 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 — 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.