Wheat — Yield in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Wheat — Yield was 4,863 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Zimbabwe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — yield in Zimbabwe stood at 4,863 kg/ha.
The figure is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 119.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Zimbabwe peaked at 5,913 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1,467 kg/ha, in 1961.
Zimbabwe ranks 32nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,467 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,590 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,953 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1964 | 2,690 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1965 | 2,353 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 2,009 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 2,691 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1968 | 3,580 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1969 | 3,234 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 3,533 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 3,962 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1972 | 3,678 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 3,887 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 3,631 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 3,854 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 4,244 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 3,898 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1978 | 4,499 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 4,393 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 4,972 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1981 | 4,981 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 5,134 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 5,766 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1984 | 5,861 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 5,454 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 5,913 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 5,799 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 5,709 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 5,677 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 5,821 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 5,891 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 5,089 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1993 | 5,771 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1994 | 5,465 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 5,036 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 5,500 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 5,600 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 5,500 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 5,400 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 5,300 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 5,000 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 3,000 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 3,500 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 3,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 3,010 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 3,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,779 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 2,660 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 2,490 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 2,343 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 2,215 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 2,049 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 1,901 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 1,754 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 2,718 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 2019 | 3,915 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2020 | 4,780 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 5,076 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2022 | 5,146 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 4,633 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 4,863 kg/ha | +5.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 4,863 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 4,863 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,396 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 3,580 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,958 kg/ha | 3,533 kg/ha | 4,499 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,527 kg/ha | 4,972 kg/ha | 5,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,517 kg/ha | 5,036 kg/ha | 5,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,831 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 5,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,482 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 3,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,899 kg/ha | 4,633 kg/ha | 5,146 kg/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 wheat — yield in Zimbabwe?
- Wheat — yield in Zimbabwe was 4,863 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,913 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,467 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for wheat — yield?
- Zimbabwe ranks 32nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.