Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 129,357 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zambia stood at 129,357 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 60.3% on the previous year and down 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 325,576 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1982.
Zambia ranks 28th of 112 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 60,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 70,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1967 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 75,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 75,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 90,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 80,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 60,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 90,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1976 | 160,000 ha | +77.8% |
| 1977 | 85,000 ha | -46.9% |
| 1978 | 100,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | -70.0% |
| 1980 | 24,734 ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +21.3% |
| 1982 | 21,000 ha | -30.0% |
| 1983 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 28,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 120,000 ha | +328.6% |
| 1988 | 70,000 ha | -41.7% |
| 1989 | 58,000 ha | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 70,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 72,471 ha | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 55,000 ha | -24.1% |
| 1993 | 65,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 85,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 1995 | 80,826 ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 80,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 110,000 ha | +37.5% |
| 1998 | 135,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 130,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 132,284 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 108,478 ha | -18.0% |
| 2002 | 88,000 ha | -18.9% |
| 2003 | 88,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 88,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 108,245 ha | +23.0% |
| 2006 | 96,400 ha | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 124,578 ha | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 121,375 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 204,073 ha | +68.1% |
| 2010 | 254,566 ha | +24.7% |
| 2011 | 209,237 ha | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 176,162 ha | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 207,249 ha | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 237,423 ha | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 223,667 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 225,318 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 262,612 ha | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 259,479 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 208,483 ha | -19.7% |
| 2020 | 192,246 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 259,871 ha | +35.2% |
| 2022 | 253,033 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 325,576 ha | +28.7% |
| 2024 | 129,357 ha | -60.3% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 129,357 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 40,974 ha, 3.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 129,357 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 107,211 ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +328.6% | 28,000 ha | 120,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,444 ha | 50,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 160,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,473 ha | 21,000 ha | 120,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,330 ha | 55,000 ha | 135,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,943 ha | 88,000 ha | 204,073 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 226,420 ha | 176,162 ha | 262,612 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 232,017 ha | 129,357 ha | 325,576 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 25 Central African Republic 184,312 ha compare
- 26 Pakistan 143,805 ha compare
- 27 Cabo Verde 0 ha compare
- 27 Guinea-Bissau 130,659 ha compare
- 29 Sierra Leone 125,530 ha compare
- 30 Zimbabwe 88,892 ha compare
- 31 Ethiopia 85,000 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Zambia was 129,357 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 325,576 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Zambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 28th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.5%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.