Beans, dry — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Beans, dry — Yield was 558.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Yield in Zambia, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 558.9 kg/ha for beans, dry — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.4% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Zambia peaked at 813.6 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 525.5 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Zambia 115th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 601.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1992 | 600.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 599.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 609.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 614.9 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 621.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 629.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 637.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 646.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 655 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 677.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 685.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 813.6 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 790.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 780.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 768.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 753.2 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 735.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 714.5 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 800.1 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2011 | 689.6 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 621.8 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 559.8 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 575.7 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 580 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 525.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 552.1 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 629.3 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 633.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 644.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 628 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 624.8 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 668.2 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 558.9 kg/ha | -16.4% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 558.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 814.55 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 558.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 699.55 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 617.91 kg/ha | 599.9 kg/ha | 646.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 737.48 kg/ha | 655 kg/ha | 813.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 616.76 kg/ha | 525.5 kg/ha | 800.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 624.8 kg/ha | 558.9 kg/ha | 668.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — yield in Zambia?
- Beans, dry — yield in Zambia was 558.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 813.6 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 525.5 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Zambia rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Zambia ranks 115th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.