Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Zambia
Zambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production was 87,655 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 87,655 t for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 62.8% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Zambia peaked at 278,775 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 9,372 t, in 1982.
That places Zambia 32nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Production in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 45,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 40,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 44,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 60,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1967 | 63,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 65,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 67,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 68,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 69,000 t | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 79,210 t | +14.8% |
| 1973 | 63,313 t | -20.1% |
| 1974 | 47,596 t | -24.8% |
| 1975 | 69,900 t | +46.9% |
| 1976 | 128,226 t | +83.4% |
| 1977 | 60,753 t | -52.6% |
| 1978 | 33,550 t | -44.8% |
| 1979 | 22,000 t | -34.4% |
| 1980 | 16,000 t | -27.3% |
| 1981 | 15,240 t | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 9,372 t | -38.5% |
| 1983 | 10,980 t | +17.2% |
| 1984 | 13,273 t | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 14,517 t | +9.4% |
| 1986 | 18,184 t | +25.3% |
| 1987 | 47,426 t | +160.8% |
| 1988 | 33,400 t | -29.6% |
| 1989 | 30,104 t | -9.9% |
| 1990 | 25,086 t | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 28,188 t | +12.4% |
| 1992 | 20,504 t | -27.3% |
| 1993 | 34,301 t | +67.3% |
| 1994 | 34,740 t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 36,119 t | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 34,755 t | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 45,859 t | +31.9% |
| 1998 | 56,934 t | +24.2% |
| 1999 | 50,855 t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 51,971 t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 41,420 t | -20.3% |
| 2002 | 60,000 t | +44.9% |
| 2003 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 74,218 t | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 84,010 t | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 55,215 t | -34.3% |
| 2008 | 70,527 t | +27.7% |
| 2009 | 120,564 t | +70.9% |
| 2010 | 163,733 t | +35.8% |
| 2011 | 278,775 t | +70.3% |
| 2012 | 113,025 t | -59.5% |
| 2013 | 106,792 t | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 143,591 t | +34.5% |
| 2015 | 146,914 t | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 150,170 t | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 168,699 t | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 181,772 t | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 130,825 t | -28.0% |
| 2020 | 127,172 t | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 175,329 t | +37.9% |
| 2022 | 190,150 t | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 235,446 t | +23.8% |
| 2024 | 87,655 t | -62.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 87,655 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25,362 t, 3.5× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 87,655 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 94,522 t, 93% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 53,778 t | 40,000 t | 67,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,155 t | 22,000 t | 128,226 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,850 t | 9,372 t | 47,426 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,734 t | 20,504 t | 56,934 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,792 t | 41,420 t | 120,564 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 158,430 t | 106,792 t | 278,775 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 163,150 t | 87,655 t | 235,446 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 29 Pakistan 129,704 t compare
- 30 Ethiopia 122,000 t compare
- 31 Sierra Leone 101,389 t compare
- 33 Bangladesh 75,364 t compare
- 34 Mexico 70,228 t compare
- 35 Madagascar 58,610 t 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 — production in Zambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — production in Zambia was 87,655 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 278,775 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — production recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,372 t in 1982.
- How does Zambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — production?
- Zambia ranks 32nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — production rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. 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 — Production. 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.