Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Zimbabwe

Arable land in Zimbabwe in 2023 — 4,020,408 ha. Ranked 58 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 310.2%.

2023 4.02M ha −0.08% vs 2022
World rank 58of 206
Period maximum 4.25M ha2008
Period minimum 980,137 ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Zimbabwe, 1961–202302M4M6M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 980,137 ha1963: 1,081,939 ha1965: 1,158,654 ha1967: 1,205,849 ha1969: 1,313,543 ha1971: 1,459,182 ha1973: 1,618,505 ha1975: 1,765,475 ha1977: 1,898,381 ha1979: 1,963,314 ha1981: 2,161,977 ha1983: 2,422,658 ha1985: 2,535,799 ha1987: 2,554,361 ha1989: 2,882,635 ha1991: 3,054,691 ha1993: 2,899,296 ha1995: 3,142,430 ha1997: 3,256,395 ha1999: 3,454,551 ha2001: 3,600,000 ha2003: 3,650,000 ha2005: 3,900,000 ha2007: 4,000,000 ha2009: 4,100,000 ha2011: 4,200,000 ha2013: 4,050,638 ha2015: 4,044,592 ha2017: 4,038,546 ha2019: 4,032,500 ha2021: 4,026,454 ha2023: 4,020,408 ha
Change over the period: +3.04M (+310.19%) Average annual rate: 2.3 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 4.02M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 240M ha
Eastern Africa computed 70.81M ha
Arable land — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 4.02M −3,023 −0.08%
2022 4.02M −3,023 −0.08%
2021 4.03M −3,023 −0.08%
2020 4.03M −3,023 −0.07%
2019 4.03M −3,023 −0.07%
2018 4.04M −3,023 −0.07%
2017 4.04M −3,023 −0.07%
2016 4.04M −3,023 −0.07%
2015 4.04M −3,023 −0.07%
2014 4.05M −3,023 −0.07%
2013 4.05M −3,023 −0.07%
2012 4.05M −146,339 −3.48%
2011 4.2M +200,000 +5%
2010 4M −100,000 −2.44%
2009 4.1M −150,000 −3.53%
2008 4.25M +250,000 +6.25%
2007 4M −100,000 −2.44%
2006 4.1M +200,000 +5.13%
2005 3.9M +100,000 +2.63%
2004 3.8M +150,000 +4.11%
2003 3.65M +0 +0%
2002 3.65M +50,000 +1.39%
2001 3.6M −101,042 −2.73%
2000 3.7M +246,491 +7.14%
1999 3.45M +218,048 +6.74%
1998 3.24M −19,892 −0.61%
1997 3.26M −67,150 −2.02%
1996 3.32M +181,115 +5.76%
1995 3.14M −23,439 −0.74%
1994 3.17M +266,573 +9.19%
1993 2.9M +99,205 +3.54%
1992 2.8M −254,600 −8.33%
1991 3.05M +57,394 +1.91%
1990 3M +114,662 +3.98%
1989 2.88M +235,975 +8.92%
1988 2.65M +92,300 +3.61%
1987 2.55M −97,178 −3.66%
1986 2.65M +115,739 +4.56%
1985 2.54M +54,164 +2.18%
1984 2.48M +58,978 +2.43%
1983 2.42M +177,441 +7.9%
1982 2.25M +83,241 +3.85%
1981 2.16M +123,214 +6.04%
1980 2.04M +75,449 +3.84%
1979 1.96M +42,824 +2.23%
1978 1.92M +22,109 +1.16%
1977 1.9M +88,435 +4.89%
1976 1.81M +44,471 +2.52%
1975 1.77M +56,381 +3.3%
1974 1.71M +90,589 +5.6%
1973 1.62M +57,078 +3.66%
1972 1.56M +102,245 +7.01%
1971 1.46M +82,607 +6%
1970 1.38M +63,032 +4.8%
1969 1.31M +88,689 +7.24%
1968 1.22M +19,005 +1.58%
1967 1.21M +67,277 +5.91%
1966 1.14M −20,082 −1.73%
1965 1.16M +43,521 +3.9%
1964 1.12M +33,195 +3.07%
1963 1.08M +64,299 +6.32%
1962 1.02M +37,503 +3.83%
1961 980,137

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.