Pulses, Total — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Pulses, Total — Yield was 516.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 516.4 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.6% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Zambia peaked at 857.2 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 291.9 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Zambia 153rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 800.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 799.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 800.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 380.9 kg/ha | -52.4% |
| 1976 | 500.6 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1977 | 355.8 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1978 | 362.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 363.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 363.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 291.9 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1982 | 293 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 341 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 715.1 kg/ha | +109.7% |
| 1985 | 664.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 518 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1987 | 653.7 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1988 | 621.9 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 857.2 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1990 | 541.4 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 1991 | 538 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 557.5 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 605.7 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 535.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 593.1 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 589.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 523.2 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 546.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 557.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 559.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 573.5 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 539.5 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 592.7 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 555.3 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 587.2 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 595.6 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 594.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 621.1 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 593.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 668.1 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 622.6 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 591.7 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 558.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 569.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 561.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 525.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 527 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 581.7 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 576.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 558.8 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 568.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 576.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 619.1 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 516.4 kg/ha | -16.6% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 516.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 516.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 715.4 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +109.7% | 341 kg/ha | 715.1 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -52.4% | 800.2 kg/ha | 380.9 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +37.8% | 621.9 kg/ha | 857.2 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -36.8% | 857.2 kg/ha | 541.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 800 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 596.42 kg/ha | 355.8 kg/ha | 800.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 531.97 kg/ha | 291.9 kg/ha | 857.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 558.78 kg/ha | 523.2 kg/ha | 605.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 581.27 kg/ha | 539.5 kg/ha | 621.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 578.32 kg/ha | 525.8 kg/ha | 668.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 567.84 kg/ha | 516.4 kg/ha | 619.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 150 Mauritania 546.7 kg/ha compare
- 151 Papua New Guinea 537.7 kg/ha compare
- 152 Angola 520.3 kg/ha compare
- 154 Martinique 514.2 kg/ha compare
- 155 Mozambique 513.7 kg/ha compare
- 156 Burkina Faso 510.7 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 pulses, total — yield in Zambia?
- Pulses, total — yield in Zambia was 516.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 857.2 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 291.9 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Zambia rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Zambia ranks 153rd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.