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Agricultural land in Zambia

Agricultural land in Zambia was 32.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 120th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202432.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank120th of 224Countries ranked
Series high32.12017
Series low261961

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Agricultural land in Zambia, 1961 to 2024

24262830323419611971198119912001201120241961: 26 %1962: 26 %1963: 26.1 %1964: 26.2 %1965: 26.3 %1966: 26.4 %1967: 26.5 %1968: 26.6 %1969: 26.6 %1970: 26.7 %1971: 27 %1972: 27 %1973: 27.1 %1974: 27.2 %1975: 27.2 %1976: 27.3 %1977: 27.3 %1978: 27.1 %1979: 26.6 %1980: 26.7 %1981: 26.8 %1982: 27 %1983: 27.1 %1984: 27.2 %1985: 27.4 %1986: 27.5 %1987: 27.6 %1988: 27.7 %1989: 27.9 %1990: 28 %1991: 28 %1992: 28.3 %1993: 28.5 %1994: 28.9 %1995: 29.1 %1996: 29.4 %1997: 29.6 %1998: 29.8 %1999: 30.1 %2000: 30.3 %2001: 30.3 %2002: 30.4 %2003: 30.8 %2004: 30.8 %2005: 30.6 %2006: 31 %2007: 30.9 %2008: 31.1 %2009: 31.7 %2010: 31.5 %2011: 31.8 %2012: 32.1 %2013: 31.9 %2014: 31.9 %2015: 31.9 %2016: 31.9 %2017: 32.1 %2018: 32.1 %2019: 32.1 %2020: 32.1 %2021: 32.1 %2022: 32.1 %2023: 32.1 %2024: 32.1 %24262830323419611983200520241961: 26 %1962: 26 %1963: 26.1 %1964: 26.2 %1965: 26.3 %1966: 26.4 %1967: 26.5 %1968: 26.6 %1969: 26.6 %1970: 26.7 %1971: 27 %1972: 27 %1973: 27.1 %1974: 27.2 %1975: 27.2 %1976: 27.3 %1977: 27.3 %1978: 27.1 %1979: 26.6 %1980: 26.7 %1981: 26.8 %1982: 27 %1983: 27.1 %1984: 27.2 %1985: 27.4 %1986: 27.5 %1987: 27.6 %1988: 27.7 %1989: 27.9 %1990: 28 %1991: 28 %1992: 28.3 %1993: 28.5 %1994: 28.9 %1995: 29.1 %1996: 29.4 %1997: 29.6 %1998: 29.8 %1999: 30.1 %2000: 30.3 %2001: 30.3 %2002: 30.4 %2003: 30.8 %2004: 30.8 %2005: 30.6 %2006: 31 %2007: 30.9 %2008: 31.1 %2009: 31.7 %2010: 31.5 %2011: 31.8 %2012: 32.1 %2013: 31.9 %2014: 31.9 %2015: 31.9 %2016: 31.9 %2017: 32.1 %2018: 32.1 %2019: 32.1 %2020: 32.1 %2021: 32.1 %2022: 32.1 %2023: 32.1 %2024: 32.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202432.1 Estimated
202332.1 Estimated
202232.1 Estimated
202132.1 Estimated
202032.1 Estimated
201932.1 Estimated
201832.1 Estimated
201732.1 Estimated
201631.9 Estimated
201531.9 Estimated
201431.9 Estimated
201331.9 Estimated
201232.1 Estimated
201131.8 Estimated
201031.5 Estimated
200931.7 Estimated
200831.1 Estimated
200730.9 Estimated
200631 Estimated
200530.6 Estimated
200430.8 Estimated
200330.8 Estimated
200230.4 Estimated
200130.3 Estimated
200030.3 Estimated
199930.1 Estimated
199829.8 Estimated
199729.6 Estimated
199629.4 Estimated
199529.1 Estimated
199428.9 Estimated
199328.5 Estimated
199228.3 Estimated
199128 Estimated
199028 Estimated
198927.9 Estimated
198827.7 Estimated
198727.6 Estimated
198627.5 Estimated
198527.4 Estimated
198427.2 Estimated
198327.1 Estimated
198227 Estimated
198126.8 Estimated
198026.7 Estimated
197926.6 Estimated
197827.1 Estimated
197727.3 Estimated
197627.3 Estimated
197527.2 Estimated
197427.2 Estimated
197327.1 Estimated
197227 Estimated
197127 Estimated
197026.7 Estimated
196926.6 Estimated
196826.6 Estimated
196726.5 Estimated
196626.4 Estimated
196526.3 Estimated
196426.2 Estimated
196326.1 Estimated
196226 Estimated
196126 Estimated

Zambia compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Zambia is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Zambia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zambia.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Zambia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/zambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in Zambia?

Agricultural land in Zambia was 32.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 120th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Zambia?

32.1% in 2017, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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