Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 29,096 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 29,096 ha for fruit primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 29,352 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,360 ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,010 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 8,260 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 8,360 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 8,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,460 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 8,960 ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 9,610 ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 9,570 ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 9,960 ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 10,900 ha | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 10,820 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 11,110 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 10,870 ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 11,520 ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 12,050 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 11,930 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 11,930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,720 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 13,510 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 14,010 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 14,210 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 14,960 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 15,160 ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 15,420 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 15,430 ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 15,430 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,940 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 15,950 ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 16,510 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 17,107 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 15,285 ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 16,829 ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 16,770 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 16,418 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 17,395 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 17,129 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 16,775 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 17,735 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 18,305 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 18,995 ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 19,523 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 20,049 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 20,087 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 20,881 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 21,376 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 22,041 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 22,665 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 23,423 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 24,420 ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 24,735 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 25,810 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 26,459 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 27,407 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 28,419 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 27,788 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 28,788 ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 28,568 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 29,352 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 28,874 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 28,945 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 28,993 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 29,044 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 29,096 ha | +0.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 29,096 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 41% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 29,096 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,574 ha, 47% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,550 ha | 7,360 ha | 9,610 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,381 ha | 9,960 ha | 12,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,002 ha | 13,510 ha | 15,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,795 ha | 15,285 ha | 17,735 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,734 ha | 18,305 ha | 23,423 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,175 ha | 24,420 ha | 29,352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,990 ha | 28,874 ha | 29,096 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1752 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0008 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.09 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in Zambia?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Zambia was 29,096 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,352 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,360 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Fruit Primary — Area harvested. 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.