Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 849.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Zambia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zambia is 849.7 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zambia peaked at 939.4 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Zambia 27th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 460 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 911.23 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 928.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 878.91 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 939.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 861.9 kg/ha | 850 kg/ha | 900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 850.88 kg/ha | 849.2 kg/ha | 855.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 1,112 kg/ha compare
- 25 Kenya 1,017 kg/ha compare
- 26 Sri Lanka 909.8 kg/ha compare
- 28 Burkina Faso 791.9 kg/ha compare
- 29 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 769.1 kg/ha compare
- 30 Malawi 747.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zambia?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Zambia was 849.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 939.4 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Zambia rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Zambia ranks 27th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield. 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.