Wheat — Area harvested in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Wheat — Area harvested was 111,044 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 111,044 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 514.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Zimbabwe peaked at 111,044 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 550 ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 72nd of 133 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,815 ha | 550 ha | 12,039 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,700 ha | 15,322 ha | 45,135 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,311 ha | 16,891 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 41,060 ha | 11,200 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,688 ha | 4,000 ha | 70,585 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,333 ha | 6,478 ha | 24,186 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,224 ha | 44,466 ha | 111,044 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 69 Saudi Arabia 129,202 ha compare
- 70 Libya 117,228 ha compare
- 71 Peru 114,474 ha compare
- 73 Kenya 102,560 ha compare
- 74 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 95,850 ha compare
- 75 United Republic of Tanzania 86,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- Agriculture share gdp 9.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
- Rural population 59.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 10.09 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 325,400 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Zimbabwe?
- Wheat — area harvested in Zimbabwe was 111,044 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 111,044 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Zimbabwe ranks 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 514.9%. 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 Wheat — 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.