Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Cow peas, dry — Area harvested was 3,584 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Zambia, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cow peas, dry — area harvested in Zambia is 3,584 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 64.2% on the previous year and down 50.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 27,297 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,992 ha, in 2011.
That places Zambia 33rd out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cow peas, dry — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2,900 ha | — |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | +72.4% |
| 2004 | 7,300 ha | +46.0% |
| 2005 | 3,100 ha | -57.5% |
| 2006 | 7,900 ha | +154.8% |
| 2007 | 2,700 ha | -65.8% |
| 2008 | 3,800 ha | +40.7% |
| 2009 | 18,700 ha | +392.1% |
| 2010 | 6,026 ha | -67.8% |
| 2011 | 1,992 ha | -66.9% |
| 2012 | 3,562 ha | +78.8% |
| 2013 | 6,694 ha | +87.9% |
| 2014 | 7,244 ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 6,647 ha | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 18,919 ha | +184.6% |
| 2017 | 23,413 ha | +23.8% |
| 2018 | 11,691 ha | -50.1% |
| 2019 | 15,262 ha | +30.5% |
| 2020 | 27,297 ha | +78.9% |
| 2021 | 25,317 ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 14,970 ha | -40.9% |
| 2023 | 10,004 ha | -33.2% |
| 2024 | 3,584 ha | -64.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,425 ha | 2,700 ha | 18,700 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 10,145 ha | 1,992 ha | 23,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,234 ha | 3,584 ha | 27,297 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 30 Guinea-Bissau 4,309 ha compare
- 31 Yugoslav SFR 4,000 ha
- 32 Gambia 3,608 ha compare
- 34 North Macedonia 2,088 ha compare
- 35 Eswatini 1,950 ha compare
- 36 Egypt 1,922 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cow peas, dry — area harvested in Zambia?
- Cow peas, dry — area harvested in Zambia was 3,584 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 27,297 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,992 ha in 2011.
- How does Zambia rank for cow peas, dry — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 33rd out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cow peas, dry — Area harvested. 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.