Wheat — Yield in Zambia
Zambia: Wheat — Yield was 7,090 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 7,090 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Zambia peaked at 9,939 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 990 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Zambia 5th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,686 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 2,014 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1964 | 1,476 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1965 | 2,277 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1966 | 1,976 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1967 | 1,658 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1968 | 1,333 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1969 | 2,200 kg/ha | +65.0% |
| 1970 | 1,010 kg/ha | -54.1% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 990 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 2,952 kg/ha | +195.2% |
| 1975 | 3,048 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 4,935 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1977 | 3,359 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1978 | 3,338 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 3,109 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 4,069 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1981 | 3,288 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1982 | 3,819 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 3,593 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 3,788 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1985 | 3,431 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 4,999 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 1987 | 3,740 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1988 | 4,246 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1989 | 4,722 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 4,394 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 4,384 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 4,100 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 5,074 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1994 | 5,269 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 4,870 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 5,577 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1997 | 6,622 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 5,668 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 6,978 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2000 | 6,210 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 6,667 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 6,250 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 6,429 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 6,118 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 6,210 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 5,495 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 6,151 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 9,939 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 2009 | 5,699 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 2010 | 6,312 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 6,307 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 6,814 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 6,544 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 7,156 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 6,880 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 6,600 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 7,244 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 5,281 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2019 | 6,688 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2020 | 7,368 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 6,790 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 6,999 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 7,592 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 7,090 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 7,090 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,768 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 7,090 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,725 kg/ha, 4.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Yield 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 | +195.2% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,952 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,802 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,277 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,474 kg/ha | 990 kg/ha | 4,935 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,970 kg/ha | 3,288 kg/ha | 4,999 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,294 kg/ha | 4,100 kg/ha | 6,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,517 kg/ha | 5,495 kg/ha | 9,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,582 kg/ha | 5,281 kg/ha | 7,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,168 kg/ha | 6,790 kg/ha | 7,592 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 2 Ireland 8,140 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 3,244 kg/ha compare
- 3 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,096 kg/ha compare
- 3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,078 kg/ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7,281 kg/ha compare
- 6 Germany 7,084 kg/ha compare
- 6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,592 kg/ha compare
- 7 Namibia 7,066 kg/ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 1,905 kg/ha compare
- 8 Denmark 7,040 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 wheat — yield in Zambia?
- Wheat — yield in Zambia was 7,090 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,939 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 990 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Zambia rank for wheat — yield?
- Zambia ranks 5th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. 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 Wheat — 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.