Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Unmanufactured tobacco — Production was 236,815 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Zimbabwe stood at 236,815 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.6% on the previous year and up 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — production in Zimbabwe peaked at 239,906 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 44,451 t, in 2006.
That places Zimbabwe 6th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,890 t | — |
| 1962 | 97,944 t | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 82,523 t | -15.7% |
| 1964 | 148,038 t | +79.4% |
| 1965 | 113,936 t | -23.0% |
| 1966 | 112,871 t | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 84,312 t | -25.3% |
| 1968 | 54,077 t | -35.9% |
| 1969 | 112,107 t | +107.3% |
| 1970 | 54,518 t | -51.4% |
| 1971 | 65,181 t | +19.6% |
| 1972 | 66,224 t | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 73,818 t | +11.5% |
| 1974 | 75,418 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 86,695 t | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 112,715 t | +30.0% |
| 1977 | 85,072 t | -24.5% |
| 1978 | 85,117 t | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 114,464 t | +34.5% |
| 1980 | 125,038 t | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 71,812 t | -42.6% |
| 1982 | 90,602 t | +26.2% |
| 1983 | 98,956 t | +9.2% |
| 1984 | 124,872 t | +26.2% |
| 1985 | 107,957 t | -13.5% |
| 1986 | 116,456 t | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 121,320 t | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 114,736 t | -5.4% |
| 1989 | 130,361 t | +13.6% |
| 1990 | 130,394 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 178,595 t | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 211,394 t | +18.4% |
| 1993 | 204,790 t | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 177,039 t | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 178,652 t | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 177,884 t | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 171,191 t | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 197,222 t | +15.2% |
| 1999 | 175,282 t | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 190,242 t | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 159,853 t | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 113,635 t | -28.9% |
| 2003 | 93,514 t | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 78,312 t | -16.3% |
| 2005 | 83,230 t | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 44,451 t | -46.6% |
| 2007 | 104,303 t | +134.6% |
| 2008 | 109,376 t | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 126,107 t | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 109,737 t | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 125,056 t | +14.0% |
| 2012 | 139,179 t | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 147,068 t | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 184,003 t | +25.1% |
| 2015 | 171,083 t | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 168,974 t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 110,816 t | -34.4% |
| 2018 | 239,906 t | +116.5% |
| 2019 | 184,584 t | -23.1% |
| 2020 | 203,488 t | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 162,370 t | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 183,091 t | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 194,828 t | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 236,815 t | +21.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,633 t | 54,077 t | 148,038 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,922 t | 54,518 t | 114,464 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 110,211 t | 71,812 t | 130,361 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 180,244 t | 130,394 t | 211,394 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 110,302 t | 44,451 t | 190,242 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 158,041 t | 109,737 t | 239,906 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 196,118 t | 162,370 t | 236,815 t | 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 unmanufactured tobacco — production in Zimbabwe?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — production in Zimbabwe was 236,815 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 239,906 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — production recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,451 t in 2006.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for unmanufactured tobacco — production?
- Zimbabwe ranks 6th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — production rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.7%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.