Namibia vs Zambia: Yields of key staple crops
Namibia
7.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zambia
7.09 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Namibia rank
6th
Zambia rank
4th
Yields of key staple crops over time
- Namibia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 7.09 tonnes per hectare against 7.07 tonnes per hectare in Namibia, a difference of 0.02 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
Namibia ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 125 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 0.3951 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 2.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.5241 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1980s | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 0.9413 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 1990s | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | 5.29 tonnes per hectare | 0.4668 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2000s | 5.64 tonnes per hectare | 6.52 tonnes per hectare | 0.8783 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2010s | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 6.58 tonnes per hectare | 0.807 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
| 2020s | 5.88 tonnes per hectare | 7.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.29 tonnes per hectare | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Namibia or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 7.09 tonnes per hectare against 7.07 tonnes per hectare in Namibia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Namibia and Zambia?
- 0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Zambia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Namibia and Zambia rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
- Namibia ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.