Beverages — Potassium supply — Value in Zambia
Zambia: Beverages — Potassium supply — Value was 55 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Beverages — Potassium supply — Value in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, beverages — potassium supply — value in Zambia stood at 55 mg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beverages — potassium supply — value in Zambia peaked at 73 mg/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 51 mg/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Zambia 125th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Beverages — Potassium supply — Value in Zambia, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 62 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 56 mg/cap/d | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 57 mg/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 57 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71 mg/cap/d | +24.6% |
| 2015 | 68 mg/cap/d | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 73 mg/cap/d | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 63 mg/cap/d | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 64 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 57 mg/cap/d | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 67 mg/cap/d | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 54 mg/cap/d | -19.4% |
| 2022 | 51 mg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 55 mg/cap/d | +7.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 55 mg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 47.5 mg/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 55 mg/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 58 mg/cap/d, 95% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.8 mg/cap/d | 56 mg/cap/d | 73 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 56.75 mg/cap/d | 51 mg/cap/d | 67 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 122 Guinea-Bissau 58 mg/cap/d compare
- 123 China, mainland 56 mg/cap/d compare
- 123 Morocco 56 mg/cap/d compare
- 126 Azerbaijan 53 mg/cap/d compare
- 127 Malawi 49 mg/cap/d compare
- 128 Papua New Guinea 48 mg/cap/d compare
- 128 Sri Lanka 48 mg/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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beverages — potassium supply — value in Zambia?
- Beverages — potassium supply — value in Zambia was 55 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beverages — potassium supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 73 mg/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest beverages — potassium supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51 mg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Zambia rank for beverages — potassium supply — value?
- Zambia ranks 125th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is beverages — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beverages — Potassium 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.