Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 103,680 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zambia, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Zambia stood at 103,680 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Zambia peaked at 124,368 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 89,015 kg/ha, in 1981.
Zambia ranks 5th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 124,368 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 104,648 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 111,973 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 92,540 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1972 | 108,421 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1973 | 114,724 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 107,028 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 109,439 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 108,945 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 113,731 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1978 | 120,687 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 94,206 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1980 | 97,603 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 89,015 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 103,947 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1983 | 114,720 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1984 | 121,848 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 118,046 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 121,409 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 114,292 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 112,574 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 93,608 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1990 | 94,082 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 95,833 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 96,296 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 106,118 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1994 | 109,378 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 109,167 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 107,692 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 107,143 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 103,333 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 103,125 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 106,667 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 105,263 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 104,546 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 104,546 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 104,444 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 104,546 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 102,083 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 101,250 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 105,128 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 104,918 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 105,714 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 105,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 100,000 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 102,222 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 103,398 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 104,049 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 104,276 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 104,164 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 103,982 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 103,813 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 103,704 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 103,801 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 103,742 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 103,711 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 103,680 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 103,680 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 103,680 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62,436 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 114,508 kg/ha | 104,648 kg/ha | 124,368 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 108,169 kg/ha | 92,540 kg/ha | 120,687 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,706 kg/ha | 89,015 kg/ha | 121,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 103,217 kg/ha | 94,082 kg/ha | 109,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 104,339 kg/ha | 101,250 kg/ha | 106,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,662 kg/ha | 100,000 kg/ha | 105,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 103,728 kg/ha | 103,680 kg/ha | 103,801 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 81,007 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77,266 kg/ha compare
- 2 Malawi 107,511 kg/ha compare
- 3 Ethiopia PDR 106,667 kg/ha compare
- 4 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 70,925 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 7 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67,277 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 59,706 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Zambia?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Zambia was 103,680 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 124,368 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 89,015 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Zambia rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Zambia ranks 5th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.