Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 142,145 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 142,145 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.6% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 213,950 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,550 ha, in 1984.
Zambia ranks 66th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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 | 63,540 ha | 26,435 ha | 86,637 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,844 ha | 68,128 ha | 145,033 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 162,966 ha | 135,928 ha | 183,419 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 181,063 ha | 142,145 ha | 213,950 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 63 Indonesia 164,582 ha compare
- 64 Czechoslovakia 155,669 ha compare
- 65 Sierra Leone 155,038 ha compare
- 67 Greece 139,840 ha compare
- 68 Belarus 134,613 ha compare
- 69 Madagascar 133,502 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Zambia?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Zambia was 142,145 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 213,950 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,550 ha in 1984.
- How does Zambia rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 66th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.