All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in Zambia
Zambia: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value was 2,127 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in Zambia stood at 2,127 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in Zambia peaked at 2,199 kcal/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,887 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 156th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,887 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,928 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1,994 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 2,029 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 2,057 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 2,117 kcal/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 2,147 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,083 kcal/cap/d | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,052 kcal/cap/d | 1,887 kcal/cap/d | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,130 kcal/cap/d | 2,083 kcal/cap/d | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 153 Mozambique 2,169 kcal/cap/d compare
- 154 Papua New Guinea 2,160 kcal/cap/d compare
- 155 Solomon Islands 2,135 kcal/cap/d compare
- 157 Kenya 2,120 kcal/cap/d compare
- 158 Congo 2,111 kcal/cap/d compare
- 159 Liberia 2,102 kcal/cap/d compare
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 all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in Zambia?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value in Zambia was 2,127 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,199 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,887 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value?
- Zambia ranks 156th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — energy supply — value rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 All food groups (excluding beverages) — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.