Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zambia
Zambia: Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production was 160.48 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zambia is 160.48 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 19.7% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zambia peaked at 199.74 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.2 t, in 1976.
Zambia ranks 122nd of 179 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.
Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23 t | — |
| 1962 | 22.39 t | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 21.79 t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 22.03 t | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 18.76 t | -14.8% |
| 1966 | 17.87 t | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 19.93 t | +11.5% |
| 1968 | 19.34 t | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 19.37 t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 21.55 t | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 21.18 t | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 21.3 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 18.16 t | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 18.16 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 16.95 t | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 15.2 t | -10.3% |
| 1977 | 19.44 t | +27.9% |
| 1978 | 18.45 t | -5.1% |
| 1979 | 19.75 t | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 16.87 t | -14.6% |
| 1981 | 16.2 t | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 33.6 t | +107.4% |
| 1983 | 35.22 t | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 22.03 t | -37.5% |
| 1985 | 24.86 t | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 26.63 t | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 28.57 t | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 30.65 t | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 33.53 t | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 36.31 t | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 37.52 t | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 39.7 t | +5.8% |
| 1993 | 42.12 t | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 44.06 t | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 46.48 t | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 48.42 t | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 50.84 t | +5.0% |
| 1998 | 62.94 t | +23.8% |
| 1999 | 75.05 t | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 87.15 t | +16.1% |
| 2001 | 94.41 t | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 108.94 t | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 111.36 t | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 118.62 t | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 124.67 t | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 128.3 t | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 130.72 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 130.72 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 136.78 t | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 144.04 t | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 146.46 t | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 148.88 t | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 152.51 t | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 154.45 t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 156.7 t | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 157.17 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 110.09 t | -30.0% |
| 2018 | 119.72 t | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 106.91 t | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 127.13 t | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 145.48 t | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 168.73 t | +16.0% |
| 2023 | 199.74 t | +18.4% |
| 2024 | 160.48 t | -19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.5 t | 17.87 t | 23 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19.01 t | 15.2 t | 21.55 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 26.82 t | 16.2 t | 35.22 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 48.34 t | 36.31 t | 75.05 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 117.17 t | 87.15 t | 136.78 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 139.69 t | 106.91 t | 157.17 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 160.31 t | 127.13 t | 199.74 t | 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 raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zambia?
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production in Zambia was 160.48 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 199.74 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2 t in 1976.
- How does Zambia rank for raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production?
- Zambia ranks 122nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — production rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production. 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.