Arable land pin in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Arable land pin was 0.8285 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.8285
Change on year
down 6.7%
World rank
28th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1.79
in 1992
All-time low
0.816
in 1969
Years of data
61
1961–2023

Arable land pin in Zimbabwe, 1961–2023

00.511.52196119922023

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land pin 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 pin 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.

Arable land pin in Zimbabwe, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.9462 -5.4%
1963 1.13 +19.8%
1964 0.9375 -17.3%
1965 1.06 +13.3%
1966 0.9387 -11.6%
1967 0.8987 -4.3%
1968 1.21 +35.1%
1969 0.816 -32.8%
1970 1.13 +38.7%
1971 0.9122 -19.4%
1972 0.8659 -5.1%
1973 1.28 +47.3%
1974 0.893 -30.0%
1975 0.9916 +11.0%
1976 0.9365 -5.6%
1977 1.07 +14.4%
1978 1.07 +0.1%
1979 1.19 +10.5%
1980 1.11 -6.5%
1981 0.9924 -10.5%
1982 1.19 +19.4%
1983 1.58 +33.2%
1984 1.34 -15.2%
1985 0.9935 -25.8%
1986 1.07 +8.1%
1987 1.3 +21.5%
1988 0.9906 -24.1%
1989 1.17 +17.7%
1990 1.27 +8.6%
1991 1.21 -4.8%
1992 1.79 +48.6%
1993 1.15 -35.6%
1994 1.18 +2.1%
1995 1.54 +30.9%
1996 1.22 -21.1%
1997 1.23 +1.3%
1998 1.29 +4.5%
1999 1.27 -1.2%
2000 1.27 -0.1%
2001 1.21 -4.6%
2002 1.67 +37.4%
2003 1.54 -7.7%
2004 1.21 -21.3%
2005 1.6 +32.0%
2006 1.54 -3.5%
2007 1.42 -7.8%
2010 1.45 +2.0%
2011 1.49 +2.8%
2012 1.31 -12.1%
2013 1.29 -1.3%
2014 1.24 -3.9%
2015 1.35 +8.3%
2016 1.33 -1.1%
2017 1.1 -17.1%
2018 0.9563 -13.4%
2019 1.04 +8.7%
2020 0.8277 -20.3%
2021 0.8427 +1.8%
2022 0.8877 +5.3%
2023 0.8285 -6.7%

Zimbabwe compared with similar countries

  • Zimbabwe's 0.8285 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2966, 2.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
  • Zimbabwe's 0.8285 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3874, 2.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
  2. 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
  3. 27 Austria 0.8307 compare
  4. 29 Ireland 0.8275 compare
  5. 30 Burundi 0.8045 compare
  6. 31 Gabon 0.7638 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

More reference data data for Zimbabwe

All data for Zimbabwe →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in Zimbabwe?
Arable land pin in Zimbabwe was 0.8285 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in Zimbabwe?
The highest recorded value was 1.79 in 1992.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in Zimbabwe?
The lowest recorded value was 0.816 in 1969.
How does Zimbabwe rank for arable land pin?
Zimbabwe ranks 28th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land pin 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 61 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Arable land pin in Zimbabwe. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/arable-land-pin/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/arable-land-pin/zimbabwe/">Arable land pin in Zimbabwe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed