Beans, dry — Production in Zambia
Zambia: Beans, dry — Production was 38,937 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Production in Zambia, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 38,937 t for beans, dry — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.8% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — production in Zambia peaked at 88,095 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,644 t, in 1997.
That places Zambia 63rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19,182 t | 13,644 t | 23,838 t | 9 |
| 2000s | 27,739 t | 16,616 t | 46,988 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,044 t | 44,626 t | 65,268 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 59,330 t | 38,937 t | 88,095 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 60 Benin 47,926 t
- 61 Cuba 47,263 t compare
- 62 Ethiopia PDR 46,446 t
- 64 Côte d'Ivoire 38,334 t compare
- 65 Philippines 30,781 t compare
- 66 Tajikistan 29,662 t 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 beans, dry — production in Zambia?
- Beans, dry — production in Zambia was 38,937 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — production recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 88,095 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — production recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,644 t in 1997.
- How does Zambia rank for beans, dry — production?
- Zambia ranks 63rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — production rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Production. 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.