Tea leaves — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Tea leaves — Yield was 1,415 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Yield in Zambia, 1974–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1,415 kg/ha for tea leaves — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — yield in Zambia peaked at 1,500 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1976.
Zambia ranks 32nd of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1975 | 1,133 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 1,093 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1978 | 1,108 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,083 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 1,047 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 1,134 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1982 | 1,117 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 1,138 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 1,129 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 1,071 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1986 | 1,142 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 1,066 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1988 | 1,213 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 1,222 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 1,217 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 1,213 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 1,136 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 1,178 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 1,136 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 1,125 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 1,136 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1,222 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1,413 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 1,333 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 1,308 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 1,100 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2002 | 1,250 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 1,319 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,454 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 1,395 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,500 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 1,424 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 1,417 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,412 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,407 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,403 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,385 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,407 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,417 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 1,409 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,422 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,434 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,440 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,389 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 1,420 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 1,416 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,408 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,415 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1,415 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,144 kg/ha, 15% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1,415 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,489 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,103 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1980s | 1,128 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 1,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,211 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 1,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,358 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,411 kg/ha | 1,385 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,410 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 29 El Salvador 1,965 kg/ha compare
- 30 Azerbaijan 1,625 kg/ha compare
- 31 USSR 1,563 kg/ha compare
- 33 Réunion 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 34 Myanmar 1,279 kg/ha compare
- 35 Mozambique 1,125 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 tea leaves — yield in Zambia?
- Tea leaves — yield in Zambia was 1,415 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Zambia rank for tea leaves — yield?
- Zambia ranks 32nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Tea leaves — 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.