# Potato production in Zambia

Potato production in Zambia was 34,153 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `zm`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_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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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 34,153 |
| 2023 | 65,082 |
| 2022 | 52,372 |
| 2021 | 62,358 |
| 2020 | 79,980 |
| 2019 | 38,786 |
| 2018 | 13,546 |
| 2017 | 31,750 |
| 2016 | 24,428 |
| 2015 | 45,902 |
| 2014 | 33,833 |
| 2013 | 22,038 |
| 2012 | 30,000 |
| 2011 | 27,563 |
| 2010 | 22,939 |
| 2009 | 21,285 |
| 2008 | 10,196 |
| 2007 | 14,500 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 14,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 14,035 |
| 2004 | 14,141 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 14,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 13,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 12,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 10,000 |
| 1999 | 10,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 8,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 9,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 10,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 8,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 9,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 10,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 8,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 10,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 9,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 8,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 7,500 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 7,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 6,500 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 6,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 5,200 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 5,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 4,800 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 4,500 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 4,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 4,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 3,200 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 3,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 4,500 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 4,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 3,500 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 3,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 2,600 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 2,600 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 2,540 |
| 1969 | 2,800 |
| 1968 | 1,451 |
| 1967 | 2,080 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 2,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 1,873 |
| 1964 | 2,994 |
| 1963 | 3,211 |
| 1962 | 3,504 |
| 1961 | 2,702 |