Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Zambia
Zambia: Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply was 318,473 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 318,473 million Kcal for alcoholic beverages — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.3% on the previous year and up 90.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcoholic beverages — food supply in Zambia peaked at 318,473 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 163,586 million Kcal, in 2011.
Zambia ranks 56th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 187,457 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 163,586 million Kcal | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 185,744 million Kcal | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 167,294 million Kcal | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 277,352 million Kcal | +65.8% |
| 2015 | 281,347 million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 291,944 million Kcal | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 261,848 million Kcal | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 286,418 million Kcal | +9.4% |
| 2019 | 256,863 million Kcal | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 299,011 million Kcal | +16.4% |
| 2021 | 250,469 million Kcal | -16.2% |
| 2022 | 264,745 million Kcal | +5.7% |
| 2023 | 318,473 million Kcal | +20.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 235,985 million Kcal | 163,586 million Kcal | 291,944 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 283,174 million Kcal | 250,469 million Kcal | 318,473 million Kcal | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcoholic beverages — food supply in Zambia?
- Alcoholic beverages — food supply in Zambia was 318,473 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest alcoholic beverages — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 318,473 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest alcoholic beverages — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,586 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Zambia rank for alcoholic beverages — food supply?
- Zambia ranks 56th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is alcoholic beverages — food supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Alcoholic Beverages — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.