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Agricultural land share — Zambia

Agricultural land share in Zambia in 2023 — 32.07%. Ranked 119 in the world out of 209. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 6.1 pp.

2023 32.07% +0 pp vs 2022
World rank 119of 209
Period maximum 32.07%2017
Period minimum 25.97%1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · % of land area

Agricultural land share — Zambia, 1961–202324262830323419611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 25.97%1963: 26.1%1965: 26.25%1967: 26.45%1969: 26.64%1971: 26.98%1973: 27.1%1975: 27.22%1977: 27.27%1979: 26.61%1981: 26.84%1983: 27.09%1985: 27.35%1987: 27.6%1989: 27.93%1991: 28.01%1993: 28.52%1995: 29.13%1997: 29.6%1999: 30.07%2001: 30.34%2003: 30.82%2005: 30.62%2007: 30.92%2009: 31.73%2011: 31.79%2013: 31.93%2015: 31.93%2017: 32.07%2019: 32.07%2021: 32.07%2023: 32.07%
Change over the period: +6.1 pp Annual average: 0.1 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 32.07%
World 36.93%
Sub-Saharan Africa 44.7%
Eastern Africa computed 49.02%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 44.89%
Agricultural land share — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 32.07 +0 pp
2022 32.07 +0 pp
2021 32.07 +0 pp
2020 32.07 +0 pp
2019 32.07 +0 pp
2018 32.07 +0 pp
2017 32.07 +0.13 pp
2016 31.93 +0 pp
2015 31.93 +0 pp
2014 31.93 +0 pp
2013 31.93 −0.13 pp
2012 32.06 +0.27 pp
2011 31.79 +0.27 pp
2010 31.53 −0.2 pp
2009 31.73 +0.67 pp
2008 31.06 +0.14 pp
2007 30.92 −0.09 pp
2006 31 +0.38 pp
2005 30.62 −0.18 pp
2004 30.8 −0.02 pp
2003 30.82 +0.39 pp
2002 30.42 +0.08 pp
2001 30.34 +0.04 pp
2000 30.3 +0.23 pp
1999 30.07 +0.24 pp
1998 29.83 +0.22 pp
1997 29.6 +0.23 pp
1996 29.37 +0.24 pp
1995 29.13 +0.24 pp
1994 28.89 +0.36 pp
1993 28.52 +0.18 pp
1992 28.34 +0.32 pp
1991 28.01 +0.02 pp
1990 27.99 +0.07 pp
1989 27.93 +0.19 pp
1988 27.73 +0.13 pp
1987 27.6 +0.13 pp
1986 27.47 +0.13 pp
1985 27.35 +0.14 pp
1984 27.2 +0.12 pp
1983 27.09 +0.13 pp
1982 26.96 +0.12 pp
1981 26.84 +0.14 pp
1980 26.7 +0.09 pp
1979 26.61 −0.5 pp
1978 27.11 −0.16 pp
1977 27.27 +0.01 pp
1976 27.26 +0.04 pp
1975 27.22 +0.05 pp
1974 27.18 +0.08 pp
1973 27.1 +0.07 pp
1972 27.03 +0.05 pp
1971 26.98 +0.24 pp
1970 26.73 +0.09 pp
1969 26.64 +0.09 pp
1968 26.55 +0.1 pp
1967 26.45 +0.07 pp
1966 26.38 +0.13 pp
1965 26.25 +0.07 pp
1964 26.18 +0.07 pp
1963 26.1 +0.06 pp
1962 26.04 +0.07 pp
1961 25.97 —

Eastern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BI Burundi 83.89 RW Rwanda 76.33 DJ Djibouti 73.51 UG Uganda 71.89 KM Comoros 71.47 SO Somalia 70.34 MG Madagascar 70.29 MW Malawi 64.17 ER Eritrea 62.65 MZ Mozambique 52.79 KE Kenya 49.53 SS South Sudan 44.86 TZ Tanzania 44.62 MU Mauritius 43.04 ZW Zimbabwe 41.79 ET Ethiopia 34.08 ZM Zambia 32.07 SC Seychelles 3.37
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About the indicator

The share of agricultural land in total land area: arable land, land under permanent crops, and permanent meadows and pastures. High values often come not from crop-growing countries but from pastoral ones — vast semi-desert rangelands formally count as agricultural land.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by land area.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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