Millet — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Millet — Area harvested was 18,220 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Millet — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Zambia stood at 18,220 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 57.2% on the previous year and down 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 295,000 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 18,220 ha, in 2024.
Zambia ranks 41st of 86 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Millet — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 115,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 116,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 118,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 120,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 121,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 124,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 124,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 125,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 127,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 125,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 130,430 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 295,000 ha | +126.2% |
| 1973 | 174,000 ha | -41.0% |
| 1974 | 100,000 ha | -42.5% |
| 1975 | 110,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 100,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 135,000 ha | +35.0% |
| 1978 | 90,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 47,000 ha | -47.8% |
| 1980 | 35,000 ha | -25.5% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1982 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 19,980 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 19,030 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 22,374 ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 18,520 ha | -17.2% |
| 1987 | 43,569 ha | +135.3% |
| 1988 | 44,073 ha | +1.2% |
| 1989 | 47,416 ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 58,868 ha | +24.2% |
| 1991 | 45,270 ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 66,598 ha | +47.1% |
| 1993 | 52,654 ha | -20.9% |
| 1994 | 82,302 ha | +56.3% |
| 1995 | 73,809 ha | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 76,930 ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 85,731 ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 90,047 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 95,520 ha | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 65,354 ha | -31.6% |
| 2001 | 50,298 ha | -23.0% |
| 2002 | 55,000 ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 60,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 59,028 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 39,210 ha | -33.6% |
| 2006 | 64,200 ha | +63.7% |
| 2007 | 44,294 ha | -31.0% |
| 2008 | 34,870 ha | -21.3% |
| 2009 | 55,951 ha | +60.5% |
| 2010 | 50,806 ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 39,282 ha | -22.7% |
| 2012 | 29,295 ha | -25.4% |
| 2013 | 29,230 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 34,484 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 35,054 ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 47,297 ha | +34.9% |
| 2017 | 45,761 ha | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 41,463 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 28,890 ha | -30.3% |
| 2020 | 65,756 ha | +127.6% |
| 2021 | 48,073 ha | -26.9% |
| 2022 | 33,033 ha | -31.3% |
| 2023 | 42,566 ha | +28.9% |
| 2024 | 18,220 ha | -57.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 18,220 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78,708 ha, 23% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 18,220 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,000 ha, 25% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 121,111 ha | 115,000 ha | 127,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 130,643 ha | 47,000 ha | 295,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,996 ha | 18,520 ha | 47,416 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,773 ha | 45,270 ha | 95,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,820 ha | 34,870 ha | 65,354 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,156 ha | 28,890 ha | 50,806 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,530 ha | 18,220 ha | 65,756 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 39 Guinea-Bissau 30,000 ha compare
- 40 Mozambique 29,669 ha compare
- 42 Poland 16,943 ha compare
- 43 Congo 16,118 ha compare
- 44 Sierra Leone 14,773 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 millet — area harvested in Zambia?
- Millet — area harvested in Zambia was 18,220 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 295,000 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,220 ha in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for millet — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 41st out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.2%. 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 Millet — 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.