Coffee, green — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Coffee, green — Yield was 1,082 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Coffee, green — Yield in Zambia, 1969–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — yield in Zambia is 1,082 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — yield in Zambia peaked at 1,085 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 600 kg/ha, in 1969.
Zambia ranks 16th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Coffee, green — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1970 | 700 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 769.2 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 700 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 800 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1974 | 812.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 833.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 925 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 909.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 800 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1982 | 942.9 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1983 | 950 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 909.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 942.5 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 857.1 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 830.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 900 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 909.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 902 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 875.5 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 871.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 884.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 930.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 887.6 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 790 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 985 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1998 | 876 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 935.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 952.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 994.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 992.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,007 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 1,069 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 1,032 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 1,031 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,023 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,029 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 1,035 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,041 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,047 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,053 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,059 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1,065 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,072 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,078 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,084 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,078 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,085 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 1,082 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,082 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,083 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,082 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,082 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,082 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 579.75 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,082 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 545.8 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1970s | 844.91 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 904.15 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 893.88 kg/ha | 790 kg/ha | 985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,017 kg/ha | 952.3 kg/ha | 1,069 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,066 kg/ha | 1,041 kg/ha | 1,085 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,083 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 13 Belize 1,181 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 237.7 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 1,169 kg/ha compare
- 15 Rwanda 1,156 kg/ha compare
- 15 Caribbean 497.6 kg/ha compare
- 17 Papua New Guinea 1,057 kg/ha compare
- 18 Sri Lanka 1,044 kg/ha compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 231.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Colombia 1,003 kg/ha compare
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 coffee, green — yield in Zambia?
- Coffee, green — yield in Zambia was 1,082 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,085 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Zambia rank for coffee, green — yield?
- Zambia ranks 16th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.