| Province | Farms with > 40 ha | Farms with 10–14 ha | Farms with 1–10 ha | Households with <1 ha | Households with <1 ha in % |
| Southern | 330 | 9 000 | 51 000 | 6 000 | 9 |
| Central | 300 | 7 500 | 21 000 | 18 000 | 38 |
| Lusaka | 90 | 2 000 | 4 500 | 14 000 | 68 |
| Copperbelt | - | 500 | 2 000 | 18 000 | 88 |
| Eastern | 20 | 6 000 | 23 000 | 8 000 | 22 |
| Western | - | 10 | 5 400 | 85 000 | 94 |
| Northwestern | - | 70 | 2 900 | 53 000 | 95 |
| Luapula | - | 60 | 2 000 | 73 000 | 97 |
| Northern | - | 90 | 7 400 | 112 000 | 94 |
| Total 1984 | 740 | 25 230 | 119 200 | 387 000 | 76 |
| Total 1986 | 800 | 21 000 | 132 000 | 460 0002 |
Sources:
1 IFAD Report of the Special Programming Mission to Zambia,April 1984
2 IFAD Report 0028-ZAM, April 1986
Reproduced in “Aquaculture for Rural Development Project” by Miss E. Drewes, FAO, Rome
