Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.8285 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe stood at 0.8285.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 36.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe peaked at 1.79 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.816, in 1969.
Zimbabwe ranks 28th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9942 | 0.816 | 1.21 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 | 0.8659 | 1.28 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 | 0.9906 | 1.58 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.32 | 1.15 | 1.79 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.43 | 1.21 | 1.67 | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.26 | 0.9563 | 1.49 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8467 | 0.8277 | 0.8877 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
- 27 Austria 0.8307 compare
- 30 Burundi 0.8045 compare
- 31 Gabon 0.7638 compare
More reference data data for Zimbabwe
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.1903 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8086 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5886 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.68 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.7408 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 11,077 2010 = 100 (2022)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Zimbabwe was 0.8285 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 in 1992.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.816 in 1969.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.0%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).