Bananas — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Bananas — Area harvested was 158 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Zambia stood at 158 ha.
The figure is down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 750 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1969.
That places Zambia 114th out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 155.56 ha | 120 ha | 160 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 421 ha | 120 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 172 ha | 160 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203.4 ha | 180 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 233 ha | 192 ha | 282 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 167.7 ha | 160 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 158.2 ha | 156 ha | 160 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 111 Suriname 209 ha compare
- 112 Sao Tome and Principe 203 ha compare
- 113 Barbados 171 ha compare
- 115 Solomon Islands 138 ha compare
- 116 Seychelles 99 ha compare
- 117 Saint Lucia 96 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Zambia?
- Bananas — area harvested in Zambia was 158 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 750 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1969.
- How does Zambia rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 114th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.