Oranges — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Oranges — Area harvested was 902 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 902 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 1,163 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 300 ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 81st out of 136 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.
Oranges — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 850 ha | +183.3% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | -29.4% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 931 ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 1,163 ha | +24.9% |
| 1992 | 1,010 ha | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 1,031 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 1,052 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 987 ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 974 ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 945 ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 911 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 941 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 977 ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,008 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,021 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 950 ha | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 924 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 850 ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 875 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 860 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 900 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 959 ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 982 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 904 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 962 ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 964 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 949 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 936 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 921 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 917 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 912 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 907 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 902 ha | -0.6% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 902 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 14% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 902 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,452 ha, 17% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +183.3% | 300 ha | 850 ha |
| 1963 | -29.4% | 850 ha | 600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 605.56 ha | 300 ha | 850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 710 ha | 600 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 885 ha | 850 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 994.5 ha | 911 ha | 1,163 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 936.5 ha | 850 ha | 1,021 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 956.6 ha | 904 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 911.8 ha | 902 ha | 921 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 oranges — area harvested in Zambia?
- Oranges — area harvested in Zambia was 902 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,163 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 300 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 81st out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. 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 Oranges — 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.