Potatoes — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Potatoes — Yield was 20,945 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 20,945 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.7% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Zambia peaked at 31,614 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6,596 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Zambia 73rd out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,660 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,069 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1963 | 11,676 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1964 | 8,506 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1965 | 9,806 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 9,905 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 6,596 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1969 | 9,333 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1970 | 8,467 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 8,667 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 8,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 8,571 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 8,750 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 8,696 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 9,000 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 8,571 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 8,889 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 8,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 9,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 9,057 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 9,123 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 8,955 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 9,028 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 9,036 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 9,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 9,091 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 8,889 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 9,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 9,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 8,889 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 9,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 9,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,889 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 9,091 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 9,091 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,702 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 11,718 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2003 | 14,000 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 13,390 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 14,424 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 14,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 13,182 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 10,105 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2009 | 17,263 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 2010 | 16,223 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 15,629 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 16,117 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 12,779 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2014 | 19,817 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 2015 | 15,336 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2016 | 18,733 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2017 | 31,614 kg/ha | +68.8% |
| 2018 | 7,488 kg/ha | -76.3% |
| 2019 | 19,236 kg/ha | +156.9% |
| 2020 | 25,094 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2021 | 23,384 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 18,542 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2023 | 24,561 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 2024 | 20,945 kg/ha | -14.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 20,945 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 20,945 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +156.9% | 7,488 kg/ha | 19,236 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -76.3% | 31,614 kg/ha | 7,488 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +70.8% | 10,105 kg/ha | 17,263 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +68.8% | 18,733 kg/ha | 31,614 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +55.1% | 12,779 kg/ha | 19,817 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +41.5% | 6,596 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,395 kg/ha | 6,596 kg/ha | 11,676 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,717 kg/ha | 8,467 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,036 kg/ha | 8,889 kg/ha | 9,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,003 kg/ha | 8,889 kg/ha | 9,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,788 kg/ha | 9,091 kg/ha | 17,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,297 kg/ha | 7,488 kg/ha | 31,614 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,505 kg/ha | 18,542 kg/ha | 25,094 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 70 Portugal 21,722 kg/ha compare
- 71 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 72 Mauritius 20,956 kg/ha compare
- 74 China 20,806 kg/ha compare
- 75 China, mainland 20,805 kg/ha compare
- 76 Tajikistan 19,963 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Zambia?
- Potatoes — yield in Zambia was 20,945 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,614 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,596 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Zambia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Zambia ranks 73rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 Potatoes — 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.