Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia
Zambia: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 816,935 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia stood at 816,935 An.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia peaked at 1.10 million An in 2012 and was at its lowest, 45,100 An, in 1963.
Zambia ranks 66th of 172 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Zambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,300 An | — |
| 1962 | 53,300 An | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 45,100 An | -15.4% |
| 1964 | 51,800 An | +14.9% |
| 1965 | 54,800 An | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 66,000 An | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 71,800 An | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 68,100 An | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 71,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 71,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 68,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 99,100 An | +45.7% |
| 1973 | 111,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 115,440 An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 122,800 An | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 129,500 An | +5.5% |
| 1977 | 162,300 An | +25.3% |
| 1978 | 170,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 151,900 An | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 163,850 An | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 173,580 An | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 184,150 An | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 145,300 An | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 124,700 An | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 133,200 An | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 139,900 An | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 147,130 An | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 154,890 An | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 214,000 An | +38.2% |
| 1990 | 215,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 216,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 215,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 220,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 230,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 220,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 235,000 An | +6.8% |
| 1997 | 235,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 237,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 240,000 An | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 230,000 An | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 240,000 An | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 205,000 An | -14.6% |
| 2003 | 200,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 215,000 An | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 225,000 An | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 295,000 An | +31.1% |
| 2007 | 400,000 An | +35.6% |
| 2008 | 525,000 An | +31.2% |
| 2009 | 525,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 520,000 An | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 595,000 An | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 1.10 million An | +84.9% |
| 2013 | 801,000 An | -27.2% |
| 2014 | 741,282 An | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 605,000 An | -18.4% |
| 2016 | 610,000 An | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 657,294 An | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 747,233 An | +13.7% |
| 2019 | 751,121 An | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 637,939 An | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 647,576 An | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 551,130 An | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 800,312 An | +45.2% |
| 2024 | 816,935 An | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59,800 An | 45,100 An | 71,800 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 120,104 An | 68,000 An | 170,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 158,070 An | 124,700 An | 214,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 226,300 An | 215,000 An | 240,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 306,000 An | 200,000 An | 525,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 712,793 An | 520,000 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 690,778 An | 551,130 An | 816,935 An | 5 |
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- 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 fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Zambia was 816,935 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million An in 2012.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,100 An in 1963.
- How does Zambia rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Zambia ranks 66th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.