Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 677.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zambia stood at 677.6 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zambia peaked at 1,332 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 335.5 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Zambia 97th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 833.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 833.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1964 | 666.7 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 880 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1966 | 857.1 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 900 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 866.7 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 893.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 906.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 862.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 880.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 791.4 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 793.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 776.7 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 801.4 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 714.7 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 335.5 kg/ha | -53.1% |
| 1979 | 733.3 kg/ha | +118.6% |
| 1980 | 646.9 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1981 | 508 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1982 | 446.3 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1983 | 439.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 577.1 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1985 | 580.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 649.4 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 395.2 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1988 | 477.1 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1989 | 519 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 358.4 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1991 | 389 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 372.8 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 527.7 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1994 | 408.7 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1995 | 446.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 434.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 416.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 421.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 391.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 392.9 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 381.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 681.8 kg/ha | +78.6% |
| 2003 | 681.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 681.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 685.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 871.5 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2007 | 443.2 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 2008 | 581.1 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2009 | 590.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 643.2 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2011 | 1,332 kg/ha | +107.1% |
| 2012 | 641.6 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 2013 | 515.3 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2014 | 604.8 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2015 | 656.8 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 666.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 642.4 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 700.5 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2019 | 627.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 661.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 674.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 751.5 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2023 | 723.2 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 677.6 kg/ha | -6.3% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 677.6 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,148 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 677.6 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 835.95 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +118.6% | 335.5 kg/ha | 733.3 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +107.1% | 643.2 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha |
| 2002 | +78.6% | 381.8 kg/ha | 681.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 831.16 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 759.56 kg/ha | 335.5 kg/ha | 906.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 523.89 kg/ha | 395.2 kg/ha | 649.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 416.77 kg/ha | 358.4 kg/ha | 527.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 599.23 kg/ha | 381.8 kg/ha | 871.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 703.09 kg/ha | 515.3 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 697.7 kg/ha | 661.5 kg/ha | 751.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Zambia?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Zambia was 677.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,332 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 335.5 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Zambia rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Zambia ranks 97th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield. 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.