Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 27,731 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 27,731 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 27,731 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,904 kg/ha, in 1990.
Zimbabwe ranks 38th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,532 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,590 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 6,596 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 6,567 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 6,644 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 6,631 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 6,628 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 6,624 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,626 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,621 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 6,616 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 6,150 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 6,196 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 6,196 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,088 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 6,136 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 6,132 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 6,103 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 6,238 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 6,230 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 6,251 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 6,220 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 6,211 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 6,174 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 6,507 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 6,573 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 6,653 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 6,715 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 6,780 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 5,904 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 17,129 kg/ha | +190.1% |
| 1992 | 16,631 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 16,018 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 15,444 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 15,067 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 14,732 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 14,348 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 16,209 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 14,377 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 14,226 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 14,612 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 14,879 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 15,211 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 15,590 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 15,998 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 16,903 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 17,378 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 17,821 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 18,284 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 18,759 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 19,119 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 19,763 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 20,120 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 20,436 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 20,695 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 21,015 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 21,186 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 22,044 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 21,133 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 21,765 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 23,676 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 24,198 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 25,911 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 27,731 kg/ha | +7.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 27,731 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 27,731 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 3.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +190.1% | 5,904 kg/ha | 17,129 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,604 kg/ha | 6,532 kg/ha | 6,644 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,248 kg/ha | 6,088 kg/ha | 6,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,431 kg/ha | 6,174 kg/ha | 6,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,586 kg/ha | 5,904 kg/ha | 17,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,090 kg/ha | 14,226 kg/ha | 18,284 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,427 kg/ha | 18,759 kg/ha | 22,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,656 kg/ha | 21,765 kg/ha | 27,731 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
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 — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Zimbabwe was 27,731 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 27,731 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,904 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 38th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.