Wheat — Area harvested in Zambia
Zambia: Wheat — Area harvested was 28,052 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Zambia is 28,052 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 23.3% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Zambia peaked at 41,810 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 41 ha, in 1966.
Zambia ranks 84th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Zambia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 554 ha | +45.8% |
| 1963 | 356 ha | -35.7% |
| 1964 | 145 ha | -59.3% |
| 1965 | 94 ha | -35.2% |
| 1966 | 41 ha | -56.4% |
| 1967 | 120 ha | +192.7% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 435 ha | +335.0% |
| 1975 | 1,144 ha | +163.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | -30.1% |
| 1977 | 1,585 ha | +98.1% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 2,100 ha | +31.2% |
| 1980 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1982 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 3,044 ha | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 3,490 ha | +14.7% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +43.3% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | -28.0% |
| 1987 | 7,397 ha | +105.5% |
| 1988 | 8,742 ha | +18.2% |
| 1989 | 9,871 ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 12,520 ha | +26.8% |
| 1991 | 14,880 ha | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 13,289 ha | -10.7% |
| 1993 | 13,656 ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 11,566 ha | -15.3% |
| 1995 | 7,806 ha | -32.5% |
| 1996 | 10,327 ha | +32.3% |
| 1997 | 10,693 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 11,278 ha | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 9,921 ha | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 12,077 ha | +21.7% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21,000 ha | +75.0% |
| 2004 | 13,543 ha | -35.5% |
| 2005 | 22,033 ha | +62.7% |
| 2006 | 17,100 ha | -22.4% |
| 2007 | 18,833 ha | +10.1% |
| 2008 | 11,394 ha | -39.5% |
| 2009 | 34,296 ha | +201.0% |
| 2010 | 27,291 ha | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 37,631 ha | +37.9% |
| 2012 | 37,209 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 41,810 ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 28,159 ha | -32.7% |
| 2015 | 31,137 ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 24,170 ha | -22.4% |
| 2017 | 26,741 ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 21,675 ha | -18.9% |
| 2019 | 22,706 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 26,007 ha | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 30,319 ha | +16.6% |
| 2022 | 33,568 ha | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 36,551 ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 28,052 ha | -23.3% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 28,052 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 51% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 28,052 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,910 ha, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +335.0% | 100 ha | 435 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215.56 ha | 41 ha | 554 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 806.4 ha | 100 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,084 ha | 2,400 ha | 9,871 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,594 ha | 7,806 ha | 14,880 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,428 ha | 11,394 ha | 34,296 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,853 ha | 21,675 ha | 41,810 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,899 ha | 26,007 ha | 36,551 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 wheat — area harvested in Zambia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Zambia was 28,052 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 41,810 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 ha in 1966.
- How does Zambia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Zambia ranks 84th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — 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.