Soya beans — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Soya beans — Yield was 1,075 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Zambia, 1973–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — yield in Zambia stood at 1,075 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Zambia peaked at 2,394 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 307.5 kg/ha, in 1992.
That places Zambia 75th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 865 kg/ha | — |
| 1974 | 800 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 933.1 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1976 | 1,144 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1977 | 1,062 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 1,293 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1979 | 497.7 kg/ha | -61.5% |
| 1980 | 537.6 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1981 | 749.6 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1982 | 1,378 kg/ha | +83.8% |
| 1983 | 1,604 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1984 | 1,399 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1985 | 1,498 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 1,148 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1987 | 798.6 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1988 | 1,035 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1989 | 964.7 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 898.6 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 949.1 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 307.5 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 1993 | 1,309 kg/ha | +325.7% |
| 1994 | 967.9 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1995 | 975.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,573 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 1997 | 1,696 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 1,060 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1999 | 2,278 kg/ha | +115.1% |
| 2000 | 1,707 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2001 | 604.3 kg/ha | -64.6% |
| 2002 | 1,125 kg/ha | +86.2% |
| 2003 | 1,200 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 1,297 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2005 | 1,637 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2006 | 1,371 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 1,601 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 1,864 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 1,889 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,841 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,943 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 2,394 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2013 | 2,151 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 1,883 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 2,020 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 1,941 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 1,559 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2018 | 1,577 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,434 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 1,405 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 1,321 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 1,269 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 1,259 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,075 kg/ha | -14.6% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,075 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,075 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,022 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +325.7% | 307.5 kg/ha | 1,309 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 942.06 kg/ha | 497.7 kg/ha | 1,293 kg/ha | 7 |
| 1980s | 1,111 kg/ha | 537.6 kg/ha | 1,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,201 kg/ha | 307.5 kg/ha | 2,278 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,430 kg/ha | 604.3 kg/ha | 1,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,874 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,266 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 1,405 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 soya beans — yield in Zambia?
- Soya beans — yield in Zambia was 1,075 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,394 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 307.5 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Zambia rank for soya beans — yield?
- Zambia ranks 75th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. 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 Soya beans — 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.