Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number was 885 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements in Zimbabwe, 2012–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Zimbabwe is 885, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 154.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Zimbabwe peaked at 885 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 180, in 2012.
That places Zimbabwe 38th out of 266 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 180 | — |
| 2013 | 219 | +21.7% |
| 2014 | 279 | +27.4% |
| 2015 | 348 | +24.7% |
| 2016 | 540 | +55.2% |
| 2017 | 647 | +19.8% |
| 2018 | 760 | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 802 | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 845 | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 858 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 868 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 880 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 885 | +0.6% |
| 2025 | 885 | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 885 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 9.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 885 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 33, 26.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer … SMTAs, number in Zimbabwe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +55.2% | 348 | 540 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 471.88 | 180 | 802 | 8 |
| 2020s | 870.17 | 845 | 885 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More infrastructure data for Zimbabwe
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 15.68 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 94.25 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 298,047 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 1.79 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.0179 units per person (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate -3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 298,047 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 0.9425 units per person (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Zimbabwe?
- Total reported number of standard material transfer agreements in Zimbabwe was 885 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 885 in 2024.
- What is the lowest total reported number of standard material transfer agreements recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 180 in 2012.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for total reported number of standard material transfer agreements?
- Zimbabwe ranks 38th out of 266 countries with data for 2025.
- Is total reported number of standard material transfer agreements rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements (SMTAs) transferring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture to the country (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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