Drained organic soils — Area in Zambia

Zambia: Drained organic soils — Area was 352,401 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
352,401 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
17th
of 216 countries
All-time high
352,401 ha
in 2022
All-time low
348,503 ha
in 1997
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Drained organic soils — Area in Zambia, 1990–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k1990200720241990: 349.7k ha1991: 349.7k ha1992: 349.7k ha1993: 349.7k ha1994: 349.7k ha1995: 349.7k ha1996: 348.9k ha1997: 348.5k ha1998: 348.5k ha1999: 349.2k ha2000: 351.4k ha2001: 351.7k ha2002: 352.1k ha2003: 352.1k ha2004: 352.1k ha2005: 351.6k ha2006: 351.1k ha2007: 350.9k ha2008: 351.0k ha2009: 350.4k ha2010: 350.7k ha2011: 350.6k ha2012: 350.6k ha2013: 350.4k ha2014: 350.1k ha2015: 350.1k ha2016: 349.5k ha2017: 349.3k ha2018: 349.4k ha2019: 351.3k ha2020: 351.5k ha2021: 351.4k ha2022: 352.4k ha2023: 352.4k ha2024: 352.4k ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Zambia recorded 352,401 ha for drained organic soils — area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area in Zambia peaked at 352,401 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 348,503 ha, in 1997.

Zambia ranks 17th of 216 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 349,344 ha 348,503 ha 349,726 ha 10
2000s 351,446 ha 350,449 ha 352,137 ha 10
2010s 350,191 ha 349,258 ha 351,264 ha 10
2020s 352,031 ha 351,431 ha 352,401 ha 5

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 14 Papua New Guinea 457,496 ha compare
  2. 15 Sweden 364,850 ha compare
  3. 16 Bangladesh 353,955 ha compare
  4. 18 Lithuania 349,418 ha compare
  5. 19 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 300,190 ha compare
  6. 20 Myanmar 296,891 ha compare

See the full ranking of 274 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area in Zambia?
Drained organic soils — area in Zambia was 352,401 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 352,401 ha in 2022.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 348,503 ha in 1997.
How does Zambia rank for drained organic soils — area?
Zambia ranks 17th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
Is drained organic soils — area rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Zambia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
274 places, 9,364 data points, 1990–2024
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.