Groundnuts, excluding shelled β Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled β Area harvested was 129,357 ha in 2024. β Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled β Area harvested in Zambia, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled β 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 β area harvested in Zambia peaked at 325,576 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1982.
Zambia ranks 31st of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- 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)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled β area harvested in Zambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled β 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 β area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 325,576 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled β area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1982.
- How does Zambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled β area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 31st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled β 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 β Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV Β· JSON β 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.