Wheat production in Zambia

Wheat production in Zambia was 198,886 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 28.3% from 2023. That is the 73rd highest of 123 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes198,886

Change on 2023-28.3%

Rank73rd of 123Countries ranked

Series high277,4922023

Series low811966

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Wheat production in Zambia, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	198,886
2023	277,492
2022	234,925
2021	205,882
2020	191,620
2019	151,850
2018	114,463
2017	193,713
2016	159,533
2015	214,230
2014	201,504
2013	273,584
2012	253,522
2011	237,332
2010	172,256
2009	195,456
2008	113,242
2007	115,843
2006	93,958
2005	136,833
2004	82,858
2003	135,000
2002	75,000
2001	80,000
2000	75,000
1999	69,226
1998	63,925
1997	70,810
1996	57,595
1995	38,019
1994	60,944
1993	69,286
1992	54,490
1991	65,236
1990	55,011
1989	46,610
1988	37,123
1987	27,668
1986	17,998
1985	17,156
1984	13,221
1983	10,936
1982	14,130
1981	11,835
1980	9,765
1979	6,528
1978	5,341
1977	5,324
1976	3,948
1975	3,487
1974	1,284
1973	100 Estimated
1972	99
1971	100 Estimated
1970	101
1969	220
1968	200 Estimated
1967	199
1966	81
1965	214
1964	214
1963	717
1962	934
1961	608

Rankings

Countries by wheat production 125 places
EU countries by wheat production 27 places

Definition

Quantity of wheat grain (all wheat species, including spelt and durum) 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.

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. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510) (Wheat production, Zambia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510), Wheat production, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wheat-production/zambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510). Wheat production, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wheat-production/zambia.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510), Wheat production, Zambia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/wheat-production/zambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_wheat_production_zambia_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, element 5510): Wheat production, Zambia, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/wheat-production/zambia. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Wheat, production, t (item 15, 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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