Tomatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Tomatoes — Yield was 31,000 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 31,000 kg/ha for tomatoes — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and up 112.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 31,000 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,425 kg/ha, in 1991.
Zimbabwe ranks 81st of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tomatoes — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,222 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,158 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 7,368 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 7,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1965 | 7,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 7,273 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,217 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 7,217 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,167 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 7,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,120 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 7,120 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,077 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 7,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,077 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 7,037 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 7,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 7,000 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 7,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,667 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,875 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 7,059 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 7,222 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 7,368 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 7,250 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 5,425 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1992 | 6,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 5,983 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 6,225 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 6,475 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 6,736 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 7,008 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1998 | 6,111 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 7,703 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2000 | 8,126 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 8,562 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 9,064 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 9,577 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 10,100 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 10,633 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 11,174 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 11,724 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 12,280 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 12,844 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 13,414 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 13,602 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 14,006 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 14,392 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 14,562 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 14,821 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 15,050 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 15,208 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 15,607 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 14,556 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 19,040 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2021 | 22,550 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2022 | 27,000 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 28,525 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 31,000 kg/ha | +8.7% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 31,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,073 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 31,000 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +30.8% | 14,556 kg/ha | 19,040 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -25.2% | 7,250 kg/ha | 5,425 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +26.0% | 6,111 kg/ha | 7,703 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,254 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,110 kg/ha | 7,037 kg/ha | 7,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,919 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 7,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,492 kg/ha | 5,425 kg/ha | 7,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,408 kg/ha | 8,126 kg/ha | 12,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,522 kg/ha | 13,414 kg/ha | 15,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,623 kg/ha | 19,040 kg/ha | 31,000 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 tomatoes — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Tomatoes — yield in Zimbabwe was 31,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 31,000 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,425 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 81st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.9%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.