Tomatoes — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 2,675 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Zambia is 2,675 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 2,850 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Zambia 88th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 1,600 ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,150 ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 2,150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,200 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 2,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 2,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 2,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 2,200 ha | -21.4% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 2,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 2,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 2,526 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 2,700 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 2,730 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 2,764 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 2,600 ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 2,357 ha | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 2,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 2,550 ha | +15.9% |
| 2010 | 2,700 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 2,763 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 2,850 ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 2,745 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 2,663 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 2,660 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,656 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,669 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 2,670 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,675 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,682 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,678 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,667 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,671 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,675 ha | +0.1% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 2,675 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,311 ha, 22% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 2,675 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,251 ha, 29% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,578 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,930 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,380 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,420 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,553 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,764 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,705 ha | 2,656 ha | 2,850 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,675 ha | 2,667 ha | 2,682 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 85 Oman 2,998 ha compare
- 86 Malaysia 2,768 ha compare
- 87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,742 ha compare
- 89 Sierra Leone 2,365 ha compare
- 90 Hungary 1,970 ha compare
- 91 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,730 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Zambia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Zambia was 2,675 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,850 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 88th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.