Rice — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Rice — Yield was 1,061 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Zambia, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1,061 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.4% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Zambia peaked at 1,797 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 393 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Zambia 106th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 393 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 412.1 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 407.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 552.9 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1972 | 746.5 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1973 | 562.2 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1974 | 713.9 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1975 | 1,031 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 1976 | 1,079 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 845.5 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1978 | 769.7 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 597.4 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1980 | 433.9 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1981 | 498.5 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 890.5 kg/ha | +78.6% |
| 1983 | 1,373 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 1984 | 1,061 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1985 | 1,050 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 1,077 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 948.6 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1988 | 915.8 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 915.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 966.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 1,086 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 576.4 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 1993 | 1,014 kg/ha | +75.9% |
| 1994 | 885.9 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1995 | 1,243 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1996 | 1,345 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 1,005 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1998 | 705.9 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1999 | 911.9 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2000 | 1,133 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2001 | 1,256 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2002 | 1,256 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,442 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2004 | 1,775 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2005 | 1,286 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2006 | 972.6 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2007 | 1,513 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 2008 | 1,383 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 1,639 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2010 | 1,678 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,797 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 1,726 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 1,415 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2014 | 1,495 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1,425 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 1,208 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2017 | 1,299 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 1,421 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 1,204 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2020 | 1,399 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2021 | 1,489 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 1,574 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 1,268 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2024 | 1,061 kg/ha | -16.4% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,061 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3,692 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,061 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,000 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 402.55 kg/ha | 393 kg/ha | 412.1 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 730.6 kg/ha | 407.9 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 916.4 kg/ha | 433.9 kg/ha | 1,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 973.82 kg/ha | 576.4 kg/ha | 1,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,366 kg/ha | 972.6 kg/ha | 1,775 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,467 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 1,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,358 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/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 rice — yield in Zambia?
- Rice — yield in Zambia was 1,061 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,797 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 393 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Zambia rank for rice — yield?
- Zambia ranks 106th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. 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 Rice — 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.