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Agricultural land in Zimbabwe

Agricultural land in Zimbabwe was 48.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 69th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202448.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank69th of 224Countries ranked
Series high48.62008
Series low40.11961

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Agricultural land in Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024

40424446485019611971198119912001201120241961: 40.1 %1962: 40.2 %1963: 40.4 %1964: 40.5 %1965: 40.6 %1966: 40.5 %1967: 40.7 %1968: 40.8 %1969: 41 %1970: 41.2 %1971: 41.4 %1972: 41.6 %1973: 41.8 %1974: 42 %1975: 42.2 %1976: 42.3 %1977: 42.5 %1978: 42.6 %1979: 42.7 %1980: 42.9 %1981: 43.2 %1982: 43.4 %1983: 43.9 %1984: 44.1 %1985: 44.2 %1986: 44.5 %1987: 44.3 %1988: 44.5 %1989: 45.1 %1990: 45.4 %1991: 45.6 %1992: 44.9 %1993: 45.2 %1994: 45.9 %1995: 45.8 %1996: 46.3 %1997: 46.1 %1998: 46 %1999: 46.6 %2000: 47.3 %2001: 47 %2002: 47.1 %2003: 47.1 %2004: 47.5 %2005: 47.8 %2006: 48.3 %2007: 48 %2008: 48.6 %2009: 48.2 %2010: 48 %2011: 48.5 %2012: 48.1 %2013: 48.1 %2014: 48.1 %2015: 48.1 %2016: 48.1 %2017: 48.1 %2018: 48.1 %2019: 48.1 %2020: 48.1 %2021: 48.1 %2022: 48.1 %2023: 48.1 %2024: 48.1 %4042.54547.55019611983200520241961: 40.1 %1962: 40.2 %1963: 40.4 %1964: 40.5 %1965: 40.6 %1966: 40.5 %1967: 40.7 %1968: 40.8 %1969: 41 %1970: 41.2 %1971: 41.4 %1972: 41.6 %1973: 41.8 %1974: 42 %1975: 42.2 %1976: 42.3 %1977: 42.5 %1978: 42.6 %1979: 42.7 %1980: 42.9 %1981: 43.2 %1982: 43.4 %1983: 43.9 %1984: 44.1 %1985: 44.2 %1986: 44.5 %1987: 44.3 %1988: 44.5 %1989: 45.1 %1990: 45.4 %1991: 45.6 %1992: 44.9 %1993: 45.2 %1994: 45.9 %1995: 45.8 %1996: 46.3 %1997: 46.1 %1998: 46 %1999: 46.6 %2000: 47.3 %2001: 47 %2002: 47.1 %2003: 47.1 %2004: 47.5 %2005: 47.8 %2006: 48.3 %2007: 48 %2008: 48.6 %2009: 48.2 %2010: 48 %2011: 48.5 %2012: 48.1 %2013: 48.1 %2014: 48.1 %2015: 48.1 %2016: 48.1 %2017: 48.1 %2018: 48.1 %2019: 48.1 %2020: 48.1 %2021: 48.1 %2022: 48.1 %2023: 48.1 %2024: 48.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202448.1 Estimated
202348.1 Estimated
202248.1 Estimated
202148.1 Estimated
202048.1 Estimated
201948.1 Estimated
201848.1 Estimated
201748.1 Estimated
201648.1 Estimated
201548.1 Estimated
201448.1 Estimated
201348.1 Estimated
201248.1 Estimated
201148.5 Estimated
201048 Estimated
200948.2 Estimated
200848.6 Estimated
200748 Estimated
200648.3 Estimated
200547.8 Estimated
200447.5 Estimated
200347.1 Estimated
200247.1 Estimated
200147 Estimated
200047.3 Estimated
199946.6 Estimated
199846 Estimated
199746.1 Estimated
199646.3 Estimated
199545.8 Estimated
199445.9 Estimated
199345.2 Estimated
199244.9 Estimated
199145.6 Estimated
199045.4 Estimated
198945.1 Estimated
198844.5 Estimated
198744.3 Estimated
198644.5 Estimated
198544.2 Estimated
198444.1 Estimated
198343.9 Estimated
198243.4 Estimated
198143.2 Estimated
198042.9 Estimated
197942.7 Estimated
197842.6 Estimated
197742.5 Estimated
197642.3 Estimated
197542.2 Estimated
197442 Estimated
197341.8 Estimated
197241.6 Estimated
197141.4 Estimated
197041.2 Estimated
196941 Estimated
196840.8 Estimated
196740.7 Estimated
196640.5 Estimated
196540.6 Estimated
196440.5 Estimated
196340.4 Estimated
196240.2 Estimated
196140.1 Estimated

Zimbabwe compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Zimbabwe is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zimbabwe. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zimbabwe.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zimbabwe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Zimbabwe, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Zimbabwe?

Agricultural land in Zimbabwe was 48.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 69th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Zimbabwe?

48.6% in 2008, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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