Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 476 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 476 kg/ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 24.7% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Zambia peaked at 632.4 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 131.7 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Zambia 114th out of 183 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 311.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 280.6 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 311.9 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 253.1 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1965 | 325.2 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1966 | 332.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 334.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 318.2 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 327.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 331.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 321.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 316.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 279.7 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 291.5 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 289.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 312.8 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 275.2 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 159.1 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1979 | 242.3 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1980 | 287.8 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1981 | 195.7 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1982 | 283.7 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1983 | 301.2 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 349.2 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 326.5 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 295 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 208.7 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1988 | 268.2 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1989 | 242.1 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 239.9 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 251 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1992 | 131.7 kg/ha | -47.5% |
| 1993 | 280 kg/ha | +112.6% |
| 1994 | 271 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 247.8 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 314.9 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1997 | 335.3 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 256.4 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1999 | 338.9 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2000 | 295.8 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 233 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2002 | 333.5 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2003 | 348.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 365.4 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 478 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2006 | 449.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 443.5 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 450.4 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 463.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 436.7 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 585.3 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2012 | 488.1 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2013 | 545.4 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 516.6 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 539.5 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 547.2 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 568.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 552.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 559.9 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 564.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 572.5 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 603.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 632.4 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 476 kg/ha | -24.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 476 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 485.9 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 476 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 332.5 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +112.6% | 131.7 kg/ha | 280 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310.53 kg/ha | 253.1 kg/ha | 334.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 281.95 kg/ha | 159.1 kg/ha | 331.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 275.81 kg/ha | 195.7 kg/ha | 349.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 266.69 kg/ha | 131.7 kg/ha | 338.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 386.07 kg/ha | 233 kg/ha | 478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 534.01 kg/ha | 436.7 kg/ha | 585.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 569.78 kg/ha | 476 kg/ha | 632.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 111 Marshall Islands 482.9 kg/ha compare
- 112 New Caledonia 480.2 kg/ha compare
- 113 Bhutan 477.2 kg/ha compare
- 115 Cuba 466.4 kg/ha compare
- 116 Papua New Guinea 459.9 kg/ha compare
- 117 Yemen 459.3 kg/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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Zambia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Zambia was 476 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 632.4 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 131.7 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Zambia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Zambia ranks 114th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield. 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.