Arable land in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Arable land was 0.246 hectares per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land in Zimbabwe is 0.246 hectares per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.328 hectares per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.246 hectares per person, in 2023.
Zimbabwe ranks 39th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2542 hectares per person | 0.2475 hectares per person | 0.2599 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.285 hectares per person | 0.2639 hectares per person | 0.2953 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2891 hectares per person | 0.2751 hectares per person | 0.2992 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2852 hectares per person | 0.2616 hectares per person | 0.2979 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3109 hectares per person | 0.2984 hectares per person | 0.328 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2839 hectares per person | 0.2641 hectares per person | 0.3089 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2527 hectares per person | 0.246 hectares per person | 0.2595 hectares per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More agriculture & rural data for Zimbabwe
- 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)
- Land under cereal production 1.57 million hectares (2023)
- Cereal yield 743.9 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal production 1.17 million metric tons (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Zimbabwe?
- Arable land in Zimbabwe was 0.246 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.328 hectares per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.246 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for arable land?
- Zimbabwe ranks 39th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.