Fruit Primary — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Fruit Primary — Yield was 4,384 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Zambia stood at 4,384 kg/ha.
The figure is up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Zambia peaked at 6,423 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 4,202 kg/ha, in 2017.
Zambia ranks 173rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,367 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,306 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 5,085 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 5,144 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 5,203 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 5,272 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 5,100 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 4,974 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 5,087 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 5,100 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 4,918 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 5,034 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 5,102 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 5,245 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 5,176 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 5,117 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 5,396 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 5,559 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 5,612 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 5,596 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 5,760 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 5,890 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 5,802 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 5,858 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 5,898 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 6,098 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 6,235 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 6,294 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 6,423 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 6,333 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 6,237 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 6,156 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 6,079 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 5,984 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 5,914 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 5,817 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 5,721 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 5,651 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 5,582 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 5,528 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 5,417 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 5,330 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 5,242 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 5,153 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 5,069 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 4,987 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,880 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 4,782 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 4,664 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 4,595 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 4,500 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4,366 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 4,567 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 4,214 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 4,494 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 4,388 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 4,202 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 4,257 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 4,220 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,319 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 4,350 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 4,443 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 4,382 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 4,384 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 4,384 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10,605 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 4,384 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,972 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,171 kg/ha | 4,974 kg/ha | 5,367 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,226 kg/ha | 4,918 kg/ha | 5,612 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,985 kg/ha | 5,596 kg/ha | 6,423 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,948 kg/ha | 5,582 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,105 kg/ha | 4,664 kg/ha | 5,528 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,380 kg/ha | 4,202 kg/ha | 4,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,376 kg/ha | 4,319 kg/ha | 4,443 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 170 Guinea 4,513 kg/ha compare
- 171 Guinea-Bissau 4,504 kg/ha compare
- 172 Uganda 4,401 kg/ha compare
- 174 Czechia 4,330 kg/ha compare
- 175 Serbia and Montenegro 4,284 kg/ha compare
- 176 Brunei Darussalam 4,247 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 fruit primary — yield in Zambia?
- Fruit primary — yield in Zambia was 4,384 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,423 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,202 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Zambia rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Zambia ranks 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.