Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 189 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Zambia is 189 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.5% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Zambia peaked at 296.4 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 62.7 kg/ha, in 1992.
Zambia ranks 164th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 246.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 221.8 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1963 | 245 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1964 | 196 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1965 | 251.1 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1966 | 251.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 260.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 243.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 246.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 252.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 233.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 238.2 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 214.1 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 228.1 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 225.4 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 244.9 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 205.6 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1978 | 109.5 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1979 | 163.1 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1980 | 204 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1981 | 125.1 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1982 | 178.6 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1983 | 190 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 199.6 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 191.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 160.3 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 124.2 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1988 | 128.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 113.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 113.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 107.1 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 62.7 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1993 | 130.2 kg/ha | +107.7% |
| 1994 | 125.7 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 128.8 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 146.4 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1997 | 148 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 133.4 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1999 | 140.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 144.8 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 124.7 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2002 | 175.5 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2003 | 171.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 169.8 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 180.4 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 196.6 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 172.6 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 187.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 198 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 201 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 296.4 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2012 | 172.7 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 2013 | 189.6 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 200 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 207.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 212.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 207.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 211.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 200 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 205.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 211.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 217.7 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 211.1 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 189 kg/ha | -10.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 189 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 371.5 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 189 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 286.8 kg/ha, 66% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Oil 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 | +107.7% | 62.7 kg/ha | 130.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 240.31 kg/ha | 196 kg/ha | 260.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 211.48 kg/ha | 109.5 kg/ha | 252.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 161.49 kg/ha | 113.4 kg/ha | 204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 123.65 kg/ha | 62.7 kg/ha | 148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 172.2 kg/ha | 124.7 kg/ha | 198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 209.9 kg/ha | 172.7 kg/ha | 296.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 207.06 kg/ha | 189 kg/ha | 217.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1752 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0008 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.09 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Zambia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Zambia was 189 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 296.4 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.7 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Zambia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Zambia ranks 164th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil 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.