Agriculture & Rural in Zambia

3,583 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Zambia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
2.a.1 Agriculture orientation index for government expenditures 2.21 2024 up 79.7% 8th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 79.63 % 2023 down 0.4% 39th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 76.21 % 2023 down 4.6% 38th
SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 2.44 % 2024 down 64.6% 129th
Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0002 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% 100th
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, per unit of GDP 0 kg/ha per US$ of GDP 2024 up 14.3% 66th
Cassava, fresh — Gross Production Index Number 229.14 2024 up 240.2% 5th
Cassava, fresh — Gross per capita Production Index Number 177.97 2024 up 153.7% 6th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 468,056 1000 SLC 2024 up 79.1% 47th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 378,479 1000 SLC 2024 up 3.7% 58th
Bananas — Gross Production Value 510 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 76th
Tomato yields 9.71 tonnes per hectare 2024 down 0.4% 144th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 5,040 1000 No 2023 up 40.8% 30th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 51.14 % 2023 down 8.7% 11th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 62.03 % 2023 down 12.3% 14th
Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of -10.89 % 2023 up 26.1% 120th
Surface area 752,610 sq. km 2023 unchanged 38th
Agricultural land per capita 1.15 hectares per capita 2023 down 25.4% 41st
Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 11.97 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 48.1% 91st
Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 60.45 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 60.5% 67th
Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 4.06 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 48.2% 130th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 60.45 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 60.5% 67th
Fish and seafood production 168,000 tonnes 2023 up 55.6% 74th
Fertilizer consumption 293,607 tonnes 2023 up 62.1% 49th
Fertilizer use by nutrient 232,086 tonnes 2023 up 64.9% 45th
Cropland area 3.84 million hectares 2023 up 2.7% 68th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per square kilometre 0.0437 t per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% 39th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0266 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.7% 39th
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 5,040 1000 No 2023 up 40.8% 32nd
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 71.83 % 2023 down 8.3% 9th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 3,927 1000 No 2023 up 37.3% 26th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 55.97 % 2023 down 10.6% 10th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 77.91 % 2023 down 2.5% 35th
Sunflower seed — Area harvested 103,777 ha 2024 up 64.5% 22nd
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 2,164 1000 USD 2024 down 75.2% 60th
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 30,794 1000 USD 2024 down 44.4% 38th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.0551 t per square kilometre 2023 up 2.4% 111th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0034 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% 109th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 45.93 % 2023 down 7.1% 124th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 54.07 % 2023 up 6.9% 34th
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm -8.14 % 2023 down 620.4% 124th
Sunflower seed — Production 44,128 t 2024 up 28.8% 35th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 1,113 1000 No 2023 up 54.8% 45th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 1,113 1000 No 2023 up 54.8% 47th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 22.09 % 2023 up 9.9% 118th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 15.87 % 2023 up 0.8% 40th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 37,066 1000 USD 2024 down 39.0% 30th
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution 0.37 No 2024 unchanged 7th
Share of employment in agriculture 54.5% 2025 down 11.1% 18th
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 54.5% 2025 down 11.1% 18th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 1.13 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 24.2% 83rd
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 28,600 t 2023 up 236.5% 38th
Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 344,061 1000 SLC 2024 up 153.5% 83rd
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 58.0% 2025 down 15.5% 22nd
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 54.5% 2025 down 11.1% 18th
Millet — Gross Production Index Number 49.94 2024 down 49.6% 70th
Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 38.4 2024 down 62.4% 72nd
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 8.1 2024 down 92.5% 75th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 6.22 2024 down 94.4% 75th
Pineapples — Gross Production Index Number 133.7 2024 up 415.0% 23rd