Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 687 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 687 ha for tea leaves — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 750 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 34th out of 45 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 20 ha | — |
| 1975 | 60 ha | +200.0% |
| 1976 | 10 ha | -83.3% |
| 1977 | 75 ha | +650.0% |
| 1978 | 130 ha | +73.3% |
| 1979 | 230 ha | +76.9% |
| 1980 | 300 ha | +30.4% |
| 1981 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 360 ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 390 ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 410 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 410 ha | +17.1% |
| 1987 | 350 ha | -14.6% |
| 1988 | 450 ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 440 ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 440 ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 440 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 750 ha | +63.0% |
| 2000 | 650 ha | -13.3% |
| 2001 | 500 ha | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2004 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 555 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 500 ha | -9.9% |
| 2007 | 549 ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 566 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 582 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 598 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 614 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 650 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 647 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 657 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 654 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 662 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 673 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 684 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 694 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 684 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 687 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 688 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 687 ha | -0.1% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 687 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,760 ha, 3% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 687 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4,868 ha, 14% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +650.0% | 10 ha | 75 ha |
| 1975 | +200.0% | 20 ha | 60 ha |
| 1976 | -83.3% | 60 ha | 10 ha |
| 1979 | +76.9% | 130 ha | 230 ha |
| 1978 | +73.3% | 75 ha | 130 ha |
| 1999 | +63.0% | 460 ha | 750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52.5 ha | 0 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 379 ha | 300 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 476 ha | 400 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555.2 ha | 500 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 648.9 ha | 598 ha | 684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 688 ha | 684 ha | 694 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 31 Madagascar 1,052 ha compare
- 32 South Africa 907 ha compare
- 33 Azerbaijan 740 ha compare
- 35 Mauritius 623 ha compare
- 36 Réunion 447 ha compare
- 37 El Salvador 342 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Zambia?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Zambia was 687 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 750 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 34th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. 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.