Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 51,503 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 51,503 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 54,927 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 16,375 ha, in 1961.
Zambia ranks 86th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,375 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 17,170 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 17,540 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 18,010 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 18,380 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 19,175 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 19,705 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 20,040 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 20,880 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 21,520 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 22,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 23,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 23,550 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 24,750 ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 25,650 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 26,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 27,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 28,650 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 29,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 26,900 ha | -7.9% |
| 1982 | 32,050 ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 33,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 34,650 ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 36,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 36,950 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 37,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 37,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 37,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 42,002 ha | +12.3% |
| 1991 | 41,314 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 36,793 ha | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 40,156 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 38,895 ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 37,620 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 39,113 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 37,036 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 35,340 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 36,994 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 38,300 ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 38,361 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 38,635 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 40,700 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 40,119 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 41,715 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 44,499 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 44,221 ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 49,882 ha | +12.8% |
| 2009 | 51,682 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 54,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 50,900 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 53,350 ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 53,245 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 53,136 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 54,927 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 53,830 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 53,118 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 52,571 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 52,229 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 51,799 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 52,176 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 51,865 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 51,683 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 51,503 ha | -0.3% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 51,503 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 87% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 51,503 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 61,543 ha, 84% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,133 ha | 16,375 ha | 20,040 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,465 ha | 20,880 ha | 28,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 34,130 ha | 26,900 ha | 37,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,526 ha | 35,340 ha | 42,002 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,811 ha | 38,300 ha | 51,682 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,201 ha | 50,900 ha | 54,927 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,805 ha | 51,503 ha | 52,176 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 59,228 ha compare
- 84 Burundi 54,454 ha compare
- 85 Saudi Arabia 53,332 ha compare
- 87 Portugal 50,380 ha compare
- 88 Madagascar 48,340 ha compare
- 89 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1752 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0008 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 1.09 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Zambia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Zambia was 51,503 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 54,927 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,375 ha in 1961.
- How does Zambia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.