Tomatoes — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Tomatoes — Yield was 9,713 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Zambia stood at 9,713 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Zambia peaked at 11,667 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 9,615 kg/ha, in 2006.
Zambia ranks 142nd of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 11,250 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 10,882 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 11,176 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 11,471 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 11,667 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 11,579 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 11,500 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 11,190 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 11,190 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 11,163 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 11,163 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 11,136 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 11,136 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,111 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 11,087 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 11,064 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 11,042 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 11,020 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 11,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 10,980 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 10,962 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 10,741 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 10,536 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 10,400 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 10,417 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 10,417 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9,896 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 9,630 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 9,774 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 9,768 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 9,615 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 9,758 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 9,774 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 9,804 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 9,630 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 9,773 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 9,863 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 9,755 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 9,772 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 9,743 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 9,720 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 9,710 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 9,697 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 9,685 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9,698 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 9,720 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 9,717 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 9,713 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 9,713 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 17,073 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 9,713 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 13,225 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,139 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 11,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,298 kg/ha | 10,882 kg/ha | 11,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,054 kg/ha | 10,962 kg/ha | 11,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,251 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,741 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,802 kg/ha | 9,615 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,766 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,706 kg/ha | 9,685 kg/ha | 9,720 kg/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 tomatoes — yield in Zambia?
- Tomatoes — yield in Zambia was 9,713 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,667 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,615 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Zambia rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Zambia ranks 142nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.