Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 4,603 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 4,603 kg/ha for citrus fruit, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Zambia peaked at 4,603 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,333 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 115th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,529 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 3,333 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 3,667 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 3,538 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 3,538 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,333 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 3,385 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 3,538 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 3,429 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 3,571 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 3,714 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 3,600 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 3,733 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 3,625 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,750 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 3,647 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 3,765 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 3,765 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,667 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 3,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,778 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 3,889 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 4,111 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 4,222 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 4,189 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 3,439 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1992 | 3,466 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 3,492 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 3,518 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 3,545 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 3,571 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 3,597 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,624 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 3,611 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,584 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 3,670 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 3,723 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 3,790 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 3,868 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 4,118 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 3,867 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 3,801 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 3,333 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2010 | 3,846 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 4,073 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 4,400 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 4,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,320 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 4,261 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 4,329 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 4,347 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 4,390 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 4,435 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 4,474 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,496 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,536 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 4,570 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 4,603 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 4,603 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,073 kg/ha, 46% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 4,603 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,478 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,456 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,568 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,851 kg/ha | 3,647 kg/ha | 4,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,605 kg/ha | 3,439 kg/ha | 4,189 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,735 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 4,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,280 kg/ha | 3,846 kg/ha | 4,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,536 kg/ha | 4,474 kg/ha | 4,603 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 citrus fruit, total — yield in Zambia?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Zambia was 4,603 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,603 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,333 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Zambia ranks 115th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.