Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 684,402 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 684,402 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.7% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 1.43 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 362,787 ha, in 2002.
Zambia ranks 42nd of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 750,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 770,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 790,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 800,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 820,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 830,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 850,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 870,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1970 | 900,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 1.01 million ha | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 1.00 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 980,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 1.12 million ha | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 1.02 million ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 1.10 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 950,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 810,000 ha | -14.7% |
| 1979 | 520,000 ha | -35.8% |
| 1980 | 555,410 ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 493,783 ha | -11.1% |
| 1982 | 454,500 ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 546,700 ha | +20.3% |
| 1984 | 506,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 581,846 ha | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 588,490 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 609,529 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 723,087 ha | +18.6% |
| 1989 | 1.02 million ha | +41.1% |
| 1990 | 763,277 ha | -25.2% |
| 1991 | 639,390 ha | -16.2% |
| 1992 | 661,305 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 633,326 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 679,355 ha | +7.3% |
| 1995 | 520,165 ha | -23.4% |
| 1996 | 675,565 ha | +29.9% |
| 1997 | 649,039 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 510,372 ha | -21.4% |
| 1999 | 597,454 ha | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 586,907 ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 582,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 362,787 ha | -37.7% |
| 2003 | 671,000 ha | +85.0% |
| 2004 | 631,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 465,832 ha | -26.2% |
| 2006 | 618,959 ha | +32.9% |
| 2007 | 585,291 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 539,877 ha | -7.8% |
| 2009 | 911,942 ha | +68.9% |
| 2010 | 1.08 million ha | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 1.10 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.07 million ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 997,880 ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 1.21 million ha | +20.8% |
| 2015 | 863,818 ha | -28.3% |
| 2016 | 1.16 million ha | +34.0% |
| 2017 | 1.43 million ha | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 1.09 million ha | -24.3% |
| 2019 | 841,693 ha | -22.5% |
| 2020 | 1.33 million ha | +58.4% |
| 2021 | 1.41 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 1.12 million ha | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 1.42 million ha | +27.2% |
| 2024 | 684,402 ha | -51.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 684,402 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 2.7× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 684,402 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 275,000 ha, 2.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 803,333 ha | 750,000 ha | 870,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 940,333 ha | 520,000 ha | 1.12 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 608,042 ha | 454,500 ha | 1.02 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 632,925 ha | 510,372 ha | 763,277 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 595,560 ha | 362,787 ha | 911,942 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.08 million ha | 841,693 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.19 million ha | 684,402 ha | 1.42 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Zambia?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Zambia was 684,402 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 362,787 ha in 2002.
- How does Zambia rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 42nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested. 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.