Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 77,907 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 77,907 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 62.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 103,092 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,212 ha, in 1992.
Zimbabwe ranks 71st of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,296 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,644 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 12,794 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 13,133 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 13,463 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 14,025 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 14,485 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 14,945 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 15,455 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 16,070 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 16,580 ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 18,340 ha | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 18,900 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 19,400 ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 20,450 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 20,960 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 21,460 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 21,810 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 21,515 ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 21,765 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 21,870 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 22,170 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 22,380 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 22,690 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 21,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 21,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 21,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 22,010 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 22,110 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 26,273 ha | +18.8% |
| 1991 | 8,744 ha | -66.7% |
| 1992 | 8,212 ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 9,204 ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 9,978 ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 10,349 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 11,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 11,472 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 8,822 ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 14,077 ha | +59.6% |
| 2000 | 15,508 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 17,546 ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 19,415 ha | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 21,403 ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 23,384 ha | +9.3% |
| 2005 | 25,019 ha | +7.0% |
| 2006 | 26,895 ha | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 29,132 ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 30,701 ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 32,861 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 34,667 ha | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 38,369 ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 40,906 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 43,566 ha | +6.5% |
| 2014 | 47,886 ha | +9.9% |
| 2015 | 50,959 ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 53,829 ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 57,539 ha | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 59,498 ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 84,175 ha | +41.5% |
| 2020 | 103,092 ha | +22.5% |
| 2021 | 81,514 ha | -20.9% |
| 2022 | 77,847 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 80,630 ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 77,907 ha | -3.4% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 77,907 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 77,907 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 1.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -66.7% | 26,273 ha | 8,744 ha |
| 1999 | +59.6% | 8,822 ha | 14,077 ha |
| 2019 | +41.5% | 59,498 ha | 84,175 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,693 ha | 12,296 ha | 15,455 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,548 ha | 16,070 ha | 21,810 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,040 ha | 21,700 ha | 22,690 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,813 ha | 8,212 ha | 26,273 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,186 ha | 15,508 ha | 32,861 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51,139 ha | 34,667 ha | 84,175 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,198 ha | 77,847 ha | 103,092 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 77,907 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 103,092 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,212 ha in 1992.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.7%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Area harvested. 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.