Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Cow peas, dry — Yield was 302.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zambia, 2002–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 302.2 kg/ha for cow peas, dry — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 47.0% on the previous year and down 58.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cow peas, dry — yield in Zambia peaked at 766.9 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 302.2 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Zambia 43rd out of 47 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Cow peas, dry — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 393.8 kg/ha | — |
| 2003 | 400 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 398.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 402.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 398.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 401.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 396.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 399 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 452.2 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2011 | 691.2 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2012 | 600.5 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 618.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 731.4 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 766.9 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 560.4 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2017 | 530.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 583.7 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 533.3 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 378.9 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2021 | 491.8 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2022 | 543.7 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 569.9 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 302.2 kg/ha | -47.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 302.2 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 719.2 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 302.2 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 484.2 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 398.71 kg/ha | 393.8 kg/ha | 402.7 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 606.92 kg/ha | 452.2 kg/ha | 766.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 457.3 kg/ha | 302.2 kg/ha | 569.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 40 Mauritania 353.4 kg/ha compare
- 41 Eswatini 343.6 kg/ha compare
- 42 Kenya 333.4 kg/ha compare
- 44 Mozambique 236.8 kg/ha compare
- 45 Sudan (former) 226.4 kg/ha compare
- 46 Guinea-Bissau 152.9 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 cow peas, dry — yield in Zambia?
- Cow peas, dry — yield in Zambia was 302.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 766.9 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest cow peas, dry — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 302.2 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for cow peas, dry — yield?
- Zambia ranks 43rd out of 47 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cow peas, dry — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.7%. 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 Cow peas, 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.