Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 1,740 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 1,740 kg/ha for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 37.5% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 2,551 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 925 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Zimbabwe 66th out of 128 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,185 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,182 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 925 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1964 | 1,410 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1965 | 1,303 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 2,425 kg/ha | +86.2% |
| 1967 | 1,984 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1968 | 1,162 kg/ha | -41.4% |
| 1969 | 2,409 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1970 | 1,248 kg/ha | -48.2% |
| 1971 | 1,440 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 1,317 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 1,486 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 1,261 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1975 | 1,301 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 1,689 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1977 | 1,474 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1978 | 1,522 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 1,895 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1980 | 1,952 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 1,806 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 1,943 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 2,073 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 2,440 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 2,004 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1986 | 1,867 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1987 | 2,083 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 2,037 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 2,281 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1990 | 2,170 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 2,493 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1992 | 2,433 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 2,194 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 2,551 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1995 | 2,466 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 2,377 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 2,124 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 2,370 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1999 | 2,216 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 2,487 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 2,382 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 2,044 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2003 | 1,977 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,409 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 2005 | 1,627 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2006 | 1,144 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2007 | 1,387 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 1,412 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,356 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 1,165 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2011 | 1,066 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 1,501 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2013 | 1,170 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2014 | 1,430 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2015 | 1,295 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 1,648 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 931.5 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 2018 | 1,759 kg/ha | +88.8% |
| 2019 | 1,900 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 1,942 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,640 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2022 | 1,281 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 1,265 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 1,740 kg/ha | +37.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,554 kg/ha | 925 kg/ha | 2,425 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,463 kg/ha | 1,248 kg/ha | 1,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,049 kg/ha | 1,806 kg/ha | 2,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,339 kg/ha | 2,124 kg/ha | 2,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,722 kg/ha | 1,144 kg/ha | 2,487 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,387 kg/ha | 931.5 kg/ha | 1,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,573 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 1,942 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Zimbabwe was 1,740 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,551 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 925 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 66th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.