FAOSTAT · 2024

Agricultural production in Zimbabwe

According to FAOSTAT, Zimbabwe produced 1.3 million t of cereals, 2.2 million t of vegetables, 1.1 million t of fruit, 948,764 t of meat and 442,748 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (6.6 million t), potatoes (673,484 t) and maize (634,699 t).

Market prices in Zimbabwe

Products recorded: 124
World #1: 0; products
World top 10: 4; products
Year: 2024

Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in wheat (+1250%), followed by cabbages (+186%).

Livestock numbers: 5.7 million cattle, 301,747 pigs, 746,277 sheep and 4.9 million goats.

Totals by group

Group	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
All sugar crops	6,617,424	32	0.3%	+72%
All vegetables	2,160,480	55	0.18%	+121%
All cereals	1,342,959	100	0.04%	+9.1%
All roots and tubers	1,145,805	74	0.12%	+18%
All fruit	1,092,812	86	0.11%	+130%
All meat	948,764	54	0.25%	+36%
All milk	442,748	98	0.04%	+5.4%
All citrus fruit	299,979	44	0.18%	+75%
All tree nuts	50,107	42	0.27%	+1.6%
All eggs	49,882	85	0.05%	+54%
All pulses	42,564	95	0.04%	+7.0%

All products by volume, 2024

Product	Tonnes	World rank	Share	10-year change
Sugar cane	6,617,424	25	0.34%	+72%
Beef (cattle meat)	755,211	16	1.08%	+37%
Potatoes	673,484	51	0.17%	+69%
Maize	634,699	71	0.05%	−35%
Cabbages	631,659	16	0.84%	+186%
Wheat	540,000	61	0.07%	+1,250%
Cow milk	442,748	94	0.06%	+5.4%
Raw sugar	410,000	45	0.22%	−16%
Tomatoes	395,653	50	0.21%	+50%
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	351,372	47	0.12%	+28%
Bananas	325,400	45	0.23%	+60%
Onions, dry	309,008	44	0.29%	+103%
Pumpkins and squash	269,968	23	0.78%	—
Cassava	255,517	45	0.07%	+6.5%
Tobacco, unmanufactured	236,815	5	3.92%	+29%
Beer	220,000	74	0.12%	0.0%
Sweet potatoes	215,604	35	0.24%	−36%
Seed cotton	211,573	25	0.29%	+84%
Oranges	203,764	31	0.3%	+89%
Mangoes and guavas	153,838	32	0.25%	+261%
Watermelons	143,730	51	0.14%	—
Avocados	125,028	19	1.11%	+282%
Molasses	117,946	46	0.16%	−19%
Chicken meat	108,740	86	0.08%	+50%
Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen	107,887	14	1.11%	+37%
Carrots and turnips	98,025	45	0.22%	+227%
Raw hides and skins of cattle	86,310	17	0.99%	+37%
Sorghum	82,063	41	0.13%	−21%
Lemons and limes	72,996	30	0.31%	+77%
Soybeans	69,291	47	0.02%	−2.9%
Cotton seed	63,627	31	0.16%	−55%
Barley	58,151	68	0.04%	+8.4%
Tea leaves	54,274	20	0.17%	−8.0%
Skim milk of cows	50,909	89	0.04%	+3.8%
Other nuts	50,016	8	4.59%	+1.6%
Hen eggs	49,882	85	0.05%	+54%
Groundnuts (peanuts)	36,977	43	0.06%	−35%
Margarine and shortening	36,725	41	0.28%	+180%
Cucumbers	36,468	63	0.04%	+174%
Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen	35,715	14	1.74%	+2.0%
Chillies and peppers, green	35,157	60	0.08%	+197%
Goat meat	26,089	31	0.34%	+6.5%
Millet	25,047	36	0.08%	−54%
Cotton lint	21,837	33	0.09%	−72%
Cattle fat, unrendered	21,577	17	0.63%	+37%
Bambara beans, dry	19,029	6	8%	−4.8%
Okra	17,686	29	0.13%	—
Pepper (black, white)	17,480	11	1.87%	+18%
Pork (pig meat)	16,739	91	0.01%	+72%
Cottonseed oil	15,700	26	0.38%	−24%
Beans, dry	15,042	63	0.05%	+2.3%
Tea, packed	14,000	25	0.19%	+3.7%
Soya bean oil	13,500	63	0.02%	0.0%
Tangerines and mandarins	13,451	52	0.03%	+2.8%
Oil of maize	12,531	28	0.41%	−1.4%
Other oil seeds, n.e.c.	12,051	34	0.5%	−5.8%
Sesame seed	11,507	35	0.17%	—
Pineapples	11,280	50	0.04%	+201%
Peaches and nectarines	9,612	60	0.03%	+92%
Sunflower seed	9,602	49	0.02%	+41%
Grapefruit and pomelos	9,284	34	0.09%	+2.4%
Groundnut oil	8,700	40	0.14%	−14%
Apples	6,583	80	0.01%	+40%
Whole milk powder	6,147	41	0.12%	+3.8%
Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen	5,218	31	0.35%	+6.5%
Whole milk, evaporated	5,201	36	0.18%	+3.8%
Other pulses n.e.c.	5,076	59	0.11%	+9.6%
Sheep meat	4,924	88	0.04%	+125%
Green maize	4,366	29	0.05%	+8.3%
Raw hides and skins of goats or kids	4,331	34	0.28%	+6.5%
Sunflower-seed oil, crude	4,200	54	0.02%	−19%
Other fruits, n.e.c.	4,064	105	0.01%	+9.0%
Blueberries	3,631	18	0.26%	—
Other beans, green	3,577	65	0.01%	+7.4%
Grapes	3,543	80	0%	+9.2%
Pears	3,508	64	0.01%	+54%
Cow peas, dry	2,924	29	0.03%	—
Jute, raw or retted	2,770	8	0.07%	+9.3%
Wool, greasy	2,696	43	0.16%	+18%
Cheese from whole cow milk	2,601	80	0.01%	+3.8%
Peas, green	2,586	59	0.01%	+4,071%
Cereals n.e.c.	2,300	45	0.03%	+3.2%
Butter of cow milk	2,199	81	0.04%	+3.8%
Green garlic	1,912	75	0.01%	+316%
Other tropical fruits, n.e.c.	1,336	63	0.01%	+6.7%
Other starchy roots and tubers	1,200	50	0.01%	0.0%
Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled	1,152	28	0.07%	+4.6%
Skim milk and whey powder	1,121	52	0.02%	+1.3%
Cream, fresh	993	60	0.03%	+3.8%
Mushrooms	948	48	0%	+48%
Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen	927	71	0.01%	+72%
Fat of pigs	927	68	0.01%	+72%
Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen	877	73	0.04%	+125%
Broad beans and horse beans, green	837	43	0.06%	+5.9%
Whole milk, condensed	788	46	0.04%	+3.7%
Chillies and peppers, dry	703	48	0.01%	+295%
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs	699	78	0.03%	+125%
Goat fat, unrendered	678	33	0.22%	+6.4%
Oats	626	66	0%	+4.9%
Coffee, green	572	58	0.01%	−33%
Other stimulant, spice and aromatic crops, n.e.c.	558	43	0.02%	−3.3%
Chick peas, dry	493	38	0%	+6.0%
Other citrus fruit, n.e.c.	485	51	0%	+8.3%
Melons	464	86	0%	+3.8%
Artichokes	304	25	0.02%	+1.0%
Asparagus	303	35	0%	+2.0%
Plums	275	81	0%	+9.1%
Cauliflower and broccoli	273	91	0%	−9.6%
Strawberries	232	76	0%	+2.7%
Lettuce and chicory	204	91	0%	+2.0%
Leeks	173	52	0.01%	+0.6%
Pig fat, rendered	157	76	0%	−17%
Turkey meat	149	51	0%	+33%
Sheep fat, unrendered	138	81	0.02%	+126%
Raspberries	99	43	0.01%	+1.0%
Chestnuts, in shell	91	24	0%	+9.6%
Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel	84	27	0%	−1.2%
Other stone fruits	80	26	0.01%	+1.3%
Rice (paddy)	74	114	0%	−94%
Apricots	46	65	0%	+2.2%
Duck meat	46	59	0%	−26%
Papayas	44	71	0%	0.0%
Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c.	41	56	0%	−2.4%
Vanilla	10	13	0.14%	0.0%

Live animals, 2024

Product	Head	World rank	Share	10-year change
Chickens	18,096,000	98	0.07%	+36%
Cattle	5,741,397	47	0.36%	+18%
Goats	4,883,669	40	0.41%	+15%
Sheep	746,277	85	0.05%	+139%
Asses	687,242	17	1.27%	+37%
Pigs	301,747	92	0.03%	+27%
Ducks	89,000	54	0.01%	+8.5%
Turkeys	31,000	57	0.01%	+11%
Horses	28,160	78	0.05%	+0.6%
Mules and hinnies	1,240	49	0.02%	+0.8%

Zimbabwe among the world’s producers, 2024

Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Zimbabwe, which is outlined on the map.

Product

under 0.1%0.1–1%1–5%5–15%15% or moreno data
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.

Production per person, 2024

Zimbabwe had 16.6 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:

Product	kg per person	World, kg per person	Ratio
Sugar cane	398	238	1.7×
Beef (cattle meat)	45.4	8.55	5.3×
Potatoes	40.5	47.8	0.8×
Maize	38.2	149	0.3×
Cabbages	38.0	9.25	4.1×
Wheat	32.5	97.8	0.3×
Cow milk	26.6	97.7	0.3×
Raw sugar	24.6	23.0	1.1×
Tomatoes	23.8	23.1	1.0×
Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c.	21.1	34.5	0.6×
Bananas	19.6	17.1	1.1×
Onions, dry	18.6	13.3	1.4×

Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.

Trade in agricultural products, 2024

Zimbabwe reported exports of 52 and imports of 101 of the products covered here.

Largest exports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Unmanufactured tobacco	231,879	USD 1.33 bn	5.73	3 of 101
Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only)	66,313	USD 43.4 m	0.66	24 of 111
Tea leaves	10,754	USD 15.7 m	1.46	19 of 143
Cotton lint, ginned	10,370	USD 15.6 m	1.51	28 of 105
Maize (corn)	11,557	USD 15.3 m	1.32	56 of 137
Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c.	7,765	USD 11.7 m	1.50	6 of 71
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell, n.e.c.	7,982	USD 8.6 m	1.08	6 of 88
Oranges	51,487	USD 8.4 m	0.16	18 of 115
Hen eggs in shell, fresh	510	USD 3.5 m	6.84	78 of 107
Peas, green	2,779	USD 3.3 m	1.17	15 of 80

Largest imports by value

Product	Tonnes	Value	USD/kg	World rank
Maize (corn)	1,697,034	USD 606 m	0.36	29 of 190
Soya bean oil	181,236	USD 225 m	1.24	15 of 184
Wheat	311,800	USD 136 m	0.44	76 of 176
Soya beans	114,766	USD 65.1 m	0.57	45 of 165
Unmanufactured tobacco	11,199	USD 58.4 m	5.22	37 of 139
Palm oil	46,417	USD 38.2 m	0.82	72 of 191
Beans, dry	10,748	USD 14.2 m	1.32	59 of 185
Potatoes	13,785	USD 10.5 m	0.76	88 of 183
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled	9,957	USD 9.2 m	0.93	111 of 189
Wine	4,122	USD 8.5 m	2.06	99 of 192

FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.

Questions and answers

What are the main crops produced in Zimbabwe?

By volume, the largest products of Zimbabwe in 2024 were sugar cane (6.6 million t), beef (cattle meat) (755,211 t), potatoes (673,484 t), according to FAOSTAT.

Is Zimbabwe the world’s largest producer of anything?

Not in 2024. Its highest world rank was 5th, for tobacco, unmanufactured.

How much sugar cane does Zimbabwe produce per person?

About 398 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 238 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).

What does Zimbabwe export most?

By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were unmanufactured tobacco (USD 1.33 bn), raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) (USD 43.4 m), tea leaves (USD 15.7 m), according to FAOSTAT.

What does Zimbabwe import most?

By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were maize (corn) (USD 606 m), soya bean oil (USD 225 m), wheat (USD 136 m).

Where does this data come from?

Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.