Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 136,126 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 136,126 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 11.6% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 154,023 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 38,865 ha, in 2006.
Zimbabwe ranks 6th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 84,319 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 89,216 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 105,000 ha | +17.7% |
| 1965 | 87,447 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 46,538 ha | -46.8% |
| 1967 | 42,491 ha | -8.7% |
| 1968 | 46,538 ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 46,538 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 43,688 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 45,266 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 50,286 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 49,687 ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 59,802 ha | +20.4% |
| 1975 | 66,631 ha | +11.4% |
| 1976 | 66,749 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 57,716 ha | -13.5% |
| 1978 | 55,921 ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 60,413 ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 64,068 ha | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 39,760 ha | -37.9% |
| 1982 | 46,632 ha | +17.3% |
| 1983 | 47,727 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 51,172 ha | +7.2% |
| 1985 | 53,868 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 62,380 ha | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 58,242 ha | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 56,328 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 57,161 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 60,103 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 71,647 ha | +19.2% |
| 1992 | 86,875 ha | +21.3% |
| 1993 | 93,340 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 69,389 ha | -25.7% |
| 1995 | 72,460 ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 74,834 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 80,607 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 83,225 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 79,108 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 76,486 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 67,108 ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 55,588 ha | -17.2% |
| 2003 | 47,293 ha | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 55,584 ha | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 51,167 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 38,865 ha | -24.0% |
| 2007 | 75,202 ha | +93.5% |
| 2008 | 77,483 ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 93,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 94,175 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 117,287 ha | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 92,705 ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 125,717 ha | +35.6% |
| 2014 | 128,668 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 132,126 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 102,537 ha | -22.4% |
| 2017 | 118,967 ha | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 136,412 ha | +14.7% |
| 2019 | 97,138 ha | -28.8% |
| 2020 | 104,759 ha | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 99,029 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 142,975 ha | +44.4% |
| 2023 | 154,023 ha | +7.7% |
| 2024 | 136,126 ha | -11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70,110 ha | 42,491 ha | 105,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,616 ha | 43,688 ha | 66,749 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,734 ha | 39,760 ha | 64,068 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,159 ha | 60,103 ha | 93,340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,778 ha | 38,865 ha | 93,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,573 ha | 92,705 ha | 136,412 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 127,382 ha | 99,029 ha | 154,023 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 136,126 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 154,023 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,865 ha in 2006.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 6th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.