Wheat and products — Food in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Wheat and products — Food was 559 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Wheat and products — Food in Zimbabwe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — food in Zimbabwe is 559 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 34.4% on the previous year and up 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in Zimbabwe peaked at 559 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 282 1000 t, in 2019.
Zimbabwe ranks 94th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Wheat and products — Food in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 436 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 410 1000 t | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 426 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 426 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 399 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 405 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 377 1000 t | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 303 1000 t | -19.6% |
| 2018 | 295 1000 t | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 282 1000 t | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 348 1000 t | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 480 1000 t | +37.9% |
| 2022 | 416 1000 t | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 559 1000 t | +34.4% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 559 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 488 1000 t, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 559 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 256.5 1000 t, 2.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat and products — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +37.9% | 348 1000 t | 480 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 375.9 1000 t | 282 1000 t | 436 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 450.75 1000 t | 348 1000 t | 559 1000 t | 4 |
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 wheat and products — food in Zimbabwe?
- Wheat and products — food in Zimbabwe was 559 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 559 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 282 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for wheat and products — food?
- Zimbabwe ranks 94th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.2%. 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 Wheat and products — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.