What is the highest surface area recorded in Zimbabwe?

The highest recorded value was 390,760 sq. km in 1961.

What is the lowest surface area recorded in Zimbabwe?

The lowest recorded value was 390,760 sq. km in 1961.

How does Zimbabwe rank for surface area?

Zimbabwe ranks 62nd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.

Is surface area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Surface area in Zimbabwe

Name: Surface area in Zimbabwe
Creator: 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)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Zimbabwe: Surface area was 390,760 sq. km in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)

390,760 sq. km

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

62nd

of 216 countries

All-time high

390,760 sq. km

in 1961

All-time low

390,760 sq. km

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2023

Surface area 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 sq. km.

Analysis

Zimbabwe recorded 390,760 sq. km for surface area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, surface area in Zimbabwe peaked at 390,760 sq. km in 1961 and was at its lowest, 390,760 sq. km, in 1961.

Zimbabwe ranks 62nd of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	9
1970s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	10
1980s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	10
1990s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	10
2000s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	10
2010s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	10
2020s	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	390,760 sq. km	4

Countries ranked near Zimbabwe

59 Iraq 435,050 sq. km compare
60 Greenland 410,450 sq. km compare
61 Paraguay 406,752 sq. km compare
63 Japan 377,969 sq. km compare
64 Germany 357,680 sq. km compare
65 Congo 342,000 sq. km compare

See the full ranking of 263 places →

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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is surface area in Zimbabwe?: Surface area in Zimbabwe was 390,760 sq. km 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 surface area recorded in Zimbabwe?: The highest recorded value was 390,760 sq. km in 1961.
What is the lowest surface area recorded in Zimbabwe?: The lowest recorded value was 390,760 sq. km in 1961.
How does Zimbabwe rank for surface area?: Zimbabwe ranks 62nd out of 216 countries with data for 2023.
Is surface area rising or falling in Zimbabwe?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
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 Surface area (sq. km). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Surface area (sq. km)
Unit: sq. km
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)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 263 places, 16,395 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Surface area is a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.