Agricultural land in Zimbabwe

Agricultural land made up 48.1% of the land area of Zimbabwe in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zimbabwe, 2024 48.1% % of land area
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 48.1%
World, 2023 36.9% Official aggregate Not the same period as Zimbabwe (2024).
Position in 2024 66th of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Zimbabwe over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period ZimbabweWorld
2024 48.1% –
2023 48.1% 36.9%
2022 48.1% 37.0%
2021 48.1% 37.0%
2020 48.1% 36.9%
2019 48.1% 36.9%
2018 48.1% 36.9%
2017 48.1% 37.0%
2016 48.1% 36.8%
2015 48.1% 36.8%
2014 48.1% 37.0%
2013 48.1% 37.0%
2012 48.1% 37.0%
2011 48.5% 36.7%
2010 48.0% 36.5%
2009 48.2% 36.5%
2008 48.6% 36.5%
2007 48.0% 36.6%
2006 48.3% 36.6%
2005 47.8% 36.6%
2004 47.5% 36.6%
2003 47.1% 37.0%
2002 47.1% 37.1%
2001 47.0% 37.2%
2000 47.3% 37.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 48.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 48.1%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 66th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)