Potatoes — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 1,631 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1,631 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 38.5% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 3,187 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 191 ha, in 1965.
Zambia ranks 122nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 312 ha | — |
| 1962 | 348 ha | +11.5% |
| 1963 | 275 ha | -21.0% |
| 1964 | 352 ha | +28.0% |
| 1965 | 191 ha | -45.7% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 300 ha | +36.4% |
| 1970 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 460 ha | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 350 ha | -30.0% |
| 1978 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 450 ha | +25.0% |
| 1980 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 530 ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 550 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 670 ha | +17.5% |
| 1986 | 720 ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 770 ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 830 ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 880 ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,121 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,109 ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 1,056 ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 973 ha | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 1,009 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 1,233 ha | +22.2% |
| 2010 | 1,414 ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 1,764 ha | +24.8% |
| 2012 | 1,861 ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1,724 ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 1,707 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,993 ha | +75.3% |
| 2016 | 1,304 ha | -56.4% |
| 2017 | 1,004 ha | -23.0% |
| 2018 | 1,809 ha | +80.2% |
| 2019 | 2,016 ha | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 3,187 ha | +58.1% |
| 2021 | 2,667 ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 2,825 ha | +5.9% |
| 2023 | 2,650 ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 1,631 ha | -38.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,631 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 7% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,631 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 12% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 267.56 ha | 191 ha | 352 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 377 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 647 ha | 450 ha | 880 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,010 ha | 900 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,070 ha | 973 ha | 1,233 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,760 ha | 1,004 ha | 2,993 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,592 ha | 1,631 ha | 3,187 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 potatoes — area harvested in Zambia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Zambia was 1,631 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,187 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 191 ha in 1965.
- How does Zambia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 122nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. 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 Potatoes — 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.