Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 47,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zambia, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Zambia is 47,200 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 47,200 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1966.
Zambia ranks 37th of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 1,457 ha | — |
| 1969 | 2,453 ha | +68.4% |
| 1970 | 2,872 ha | +17.1% |
| 1971 | 3,574 ha | +24.4% |
| 1972 | 3,665 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 4,251 ha | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 5,328 ha | +25.3% |
| 1975 | 7,019 ha | +31.7% |
| 1976 | 7,156 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 6,079 ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 6,420 ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 9,421 ha | +46.7% |
| 1980 | 9,423 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,034 ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 9,721 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 9,468 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 9,672 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 10,227 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 9,667 ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 10,861 ha | +12.4% |
| 1988 | 11,742 ha | +8.1% |
| 1989 | 12,146 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 11,974 ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 12,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 13,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 11,497 ha | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 11,986 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 12,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2002 | 22,000 ha | +15.8% |
| 2003 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2007 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 19,500 ha | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 30,500 ha | +56.4% |
| 2010 | 35,000 ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 40,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 45,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 44,488 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 39,933 ha | -10.2% |
| 2016 | 39,156 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 42,163 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 44,527 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 45,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 43,190 ha | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 40,944 ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 43,859 ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 45,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 47,200 ha | +3.1% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 47,200 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 32,772 ha, 1.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 47,200 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 18,222 ha, 2.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +68.4% | 1,457 ha | 2,453 ha |
| 2009 | +56.4% | 19,500 ha | 30,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 977.5 ha | 0 ha | 2,453 ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 5,578 ha | 2,872 ha | 9,421 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,296 ha | 9,423 ha | 12,146 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,096 ha | 11,497 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,050 ha | 15,000 ha | 30,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,837 ha | 35,000 ha | 45,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,199 ha | 40,944 ha | 47,200 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Zambia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Zambia was 47,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 47,200 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1966.
- How does Zambia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 37th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.