Bees — Stocks in Zambia
Zambia: Bees — Stocks was 60,600 No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Zambia, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2024, bees — stocks in Zambia stood at 60,600 No.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Zambia peaked at 61,185 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,000 No, in 1972.
Zambia ranks 88th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Zambia, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 50,000 No | — |
| 1969 | 20,000 No | -60.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 No | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 No | -66.7% |
| 1973 | 10,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 15,000 No | +50.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 No | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 20,000 No | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 50,000 No | +150.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 No | -40.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 No | -33.3% |
| 1980 | 30,000 No | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 20,000 No | -33.3% |
| 1982 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 22,000 No | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 25,000 No | +13.6% |
| 1993 | 25,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 26,000 No | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 26,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 27,000 No | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 28,000 No | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 30,000 No | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 33,000 No | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 35,000 No | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 38,000 No | +8.6% |
| 2002 | 40,000 No | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 45,000 No | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 50,000 No | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 50,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 51,000 No | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 52,000 No | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 54,000 No | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 55,000 No | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 56,000 No | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 57,000 No | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 57,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 57,141 No | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 57,447 No | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 57,829 No | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 58,289 No | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 58,738 No | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 59,121 No | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 60,325 No | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 60,700 No | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 61,185 No | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 60,600 No | -1.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 60,600 No is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 309,560 No, 20% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 60,600 No is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83,645 No, 72% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +150.0% | 20,000 No | 50,000 No |
| 1975 | +100.0% | 15,000 No | 30,000 No |
| 1972 | -66.7% | 30,000 No | 10,000 No |
| 1969 | -60.0% | 50,000 No | 20,000 No |
| 1971 | +50.0% | 20,000 No | 30,000 No |
| 1974 | +50.0% | 10,000 No | 15,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,000 No | 20,000 No | 50,000 No | 2 |
| 1970s | 23,500 No | 10,000 No | 50,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,000 No | 20,000 No | 30,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,200 No | 20,000 No | 33,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,100 No | 35,000 No | 52,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,844 No | 54,000 No | 58,738 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,386 No | 59,121 No | 61,185 No | 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 bees — stocks in Zambia?
- Bees — stocks in Zambia was 60,600 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 61,185 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 No in 1972.
- How does Zambia rank for bees — stocks?
- Zambia ranks 88th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.