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 97th of 207 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.
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
- 94 Kyrgyzstan 59,228 ha compare
- 95 Burundi 54,454 ha compare
- 96 Saudi Arabia 53,332 ha compare
- 98 Portugal 50,380 ha compare
- 99 Madagascar 48,340 ha compare
- 100 Belgium-Luxembourg 48,171 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
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 97th out of 207 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.