Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested was 65,996 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Zambia is 65,996 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 65,996 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,550 ha, in 1984.
That places Zambia 20th out of 116 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,750 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 16,250 ha | +8.3% |
| 1966 | 17,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 18,750 ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 21,250 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 21,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 23,500 ha | +10.6% |
| 1973 | 24,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 19,100 ha | -21.1% |
| 1975 | 10,000 ha | -47.6% |
| 1976 | 19,000 ha | +90.0% |
| 1977 | 29,000 ha | +52.6% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | -27.6% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14,400 ha | -34.5% |
| 1982 | 14,350 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 17,650 ha | +23.0% |
| 1984 | 7,550 ha | -57.2% |
| 1985 | 8,346 ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 19,683 ha | +135.8% |
| 1987 | 23,637 ha | +20.1% |
| 1988 | 17,550 ha | -25.8% |
| 1989 | 18,665 ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 26,435 ha | +41.6% |
| 1991 | 28,940 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 38,508 ha | +33.1% |
| 1993 | 38,489 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 48,616 ha | +26.3% |
| 1995 | 41,462 ha | -14.7% |
| 1996 | 43,349 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 30,000 ha | -30.8% |
| 1998 | 28,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 32,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 36,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 41,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 44,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 48,509 ha | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 48,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 48,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 49,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 50,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 56,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 58,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 60,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 62,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 62,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 64,855 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 63,259 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 62,923 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 62,610 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 62,716 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 62,847 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 63,249 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 65,439 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 64,937 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 65,466 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 65,996 ha | +0.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 65,996 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,822 ha, 5.1× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 65,996 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 28,578 ha, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other pulses n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +135.8% | 8,346 ha | 19,683 ha |
| 1976 | +90.0% | 10,000 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1984 | -57.2% | 17,650 ha | 7,550 ha |
| 1975 | -47.6% | 19,100 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1977 | +52.6% | 19,000 ha | 29,000 ha |
| 1981 | -34.5% | 22,000 ha | 14,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,250 ha | 12,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,030 ha | 10,000 ha | 29,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,383 ha | 7,550 ha | 23,637 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,580 ha | 26,435 ha | 48,616 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 45,651 ha | 35,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 62,121 ha | 58,000 ha | 64,855 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,017 ha | 63,249 ha | 65,996 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 other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Zambia?
- Other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested in Zambia was 65,996 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 65,996 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,550 ha in 1984.
- How does Zambia rank for other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 20th out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other pulses n.e.c. — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Other pulses n.e.c. — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.