Southern Africa vs Zambia: Wheat — Yield
Wheat — Yield over time
- Southern Africa
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 7,090 kg/ha against 3,783 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 3,307 kg/ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.9 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
Southern Africa ranks 8th and Zambia ranks 5th of 26 groups.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Southern Africa | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 646.47 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | 1,156 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 928.38 kg/ha | 2,474 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1,229 kg/ha | 3,970 kg/ha | 2,741 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 1990s | 1,803 kg/ha | 5,294 kg/ha | 3,491 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 2000s | 2,536 kg/ha | 6,517 kg/ha | 3,980 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 2010s | 3,303 kg/ha | 6,582 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 2020s | 3,940 kg/ha | 7,168 kg/ha | 3,228 kg/ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — yield, Southern Africa or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 7,090 kg/ha against 3,783 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — yield between Southern Africa and Zambia?
- 3,307 kg/ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Southern Africa and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Southern Africa and Zambia rank globally for wheat — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 8th and Zambia ranks 5th of 26 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.