Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 8,414 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Zambia stood at 8,414 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Zambia peaked at 8,414 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,500 kg/ha, in 1990.
Zambia ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,901 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,934 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 6,989 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 6,984 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 6,996 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 7,046 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 7,040 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 7,029 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 7,136 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 7,112 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 7,110 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,908 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 7,013 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 7,134 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 7,111 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 7,115 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 7,181 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 7,054 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 7,051 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 7,140 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 8,011 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 6,911 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1983 | 6,894 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,753 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 6,535 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 6,685 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 6,833 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 6,980 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 7,126 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 6,500 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 6,768 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 6,713 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 6,823 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 6,865 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 6,884 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 6,959 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 7,003 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 6,989 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 7,039 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 6,971 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 7,132 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 7,163 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 7,027 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 7,262 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 7,106 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 7,421 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 8,279 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2008 | 7,661 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 7,685 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 7,680 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 7,762 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 7,835 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 7,833 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,891 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 7,974 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 8,073 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 8,092 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 8,127 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 8,169 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 8,240 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 8,301 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 8,323 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 8,368 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 8,414 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 8,414 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 8,414 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,006 kg/ha | 6,901 kg/ha | 7,136 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,079 kg/ha | 6,908 kg/ha | 7,181 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,987 kg/ha | 6,535 kg/ha | 8,011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,854 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 7,039 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,371 kg/ha | 6,971 kg/ha | 8,279 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,944 kg/ha | 7,680 kg/ha | 8,169 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,329 kg/ha | 8,240 kg/ha | 8,414 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 144 Yugoslav SFR 8,749 kg/ha compare
- 145 Philippines 8,718 kg/ha compare
- 146 Sao Tome and Principe 8,460 kg/ha compare
- 148 South Sudan 8,205 kg/ha compare
- 149 Eswatini 8,064 kg/ha compare
- 150 Dominica 7,685 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 vegetables primary — yield in Zambia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Zambia was 8,414 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,414 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Zambia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Zambia ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.