Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia
Zambia: Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) was 93 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 93 % for average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia peaked at 101 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 84 %, in 2000.
That places Zambia 145th out of 148 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 84 % | — |
| 2001 | 85 % | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 85 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 86 % | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 86 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 87 % | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 88 % | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 89 % | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 89 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 90 % | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 91 % | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 92 % | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 94 % | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 96 % | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 97 % | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 99 % | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 101 % | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 101 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 101 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100 % | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 98 % | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 98 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 95 % | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 93 % | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.9 % | 84 % | 90 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.2 % | 91 % | 101 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 96 % | 93 % | 98 % | 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 average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia?
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) in Zambia was 93 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 101 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 84 % in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average)?
- Zambia ranks 145th out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. 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 Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.