Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 4,868 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tea leaves — area harvested in Zimbabwe is 4,868 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.0% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 7,582 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,222 ha, in 1961.
That places Zimbabwe 21st out of 45 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.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,222 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,344 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,829 ha | +36.1% |
| 1964 | 2,153 ha | +17.7% |
| 1965 | 2,590 ha | +20.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | -22.8% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 3,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1970 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 4,300 ha | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,472 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 5,100 ha | +14.0% |
| 1987 | 4,574 ha | -10.3% |
| 1988 | 4,691 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 4,758 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 4,960 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 5,046 ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 4,426 ha | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 4,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 4,726 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 5,236 ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 5,820 ha | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 5,844 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 5,400 ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 6,263 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 7,374 ha | +17.7% |
| 2001 | 7,404 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 7,434 ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,390 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 7,272 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 5,034 ha | -28.1% |
| 2007 | 4,583 ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 4,424 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 4,410 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 4,397 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 4,456 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 4,587 ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 4,216 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 4,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,318 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 4,651 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 4,713 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 4,744 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 7,567 ha | +59.5% |
| 2020 | 7,582 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 7,462 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 5,951 ha | -20.2% |
| 2023 | 5,662 ha | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 4,868 ha | -14.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 4,868 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 23% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 4,868 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +59.5% | 4,744 ha | 7,567 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,104 ha | 1,222 ha | 3,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,710 ha | 3,000 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,460 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,242 ha | 4,426 ha | 6,263 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,232 ha | 4,410 ha | 7,434 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,785 ha | 4,200 ha | 7,567 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,305 ha | 4,868 ha | 7,582 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 18 Burundi 8,021 ha compare
- 19 Mozambique 7,228 ha compare
- 20 Ethiopia 7,135 ha compare
- 22 Papua New Guinea 3,543 ha compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 3,370 ha compare
- 24 Georgia 2,477 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 4,868 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,582 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,222 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 21st out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.