Meat — Food in Zambia
Zambia: Meat — Food was 365 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — food in Zambia stood at 365 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in Zambia peaked at 365 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 266 1000 t, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 102nd of 194 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.
Meat — Food in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 266 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 273 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 305 1000 t | +11.7% |
| 2013 | 316 1000 t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 317 1000 t | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 322 1000 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 314 1000 t | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 341 1000 t | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 350 1000 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 303 1000 t | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 349 1000 t | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 337 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 362 1000 t | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 365 1000 t | +0.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 365 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 345 1000 t, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 365 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 209.5 1000 t, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 310.7 1000 t | 266 1000 t | 350 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 353.25 1000 t | 337 1000 t | 365 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 99 Côte d'Ivoire 375 1000 t compare
- 99 Cote d'Ivoire 375 1000 t compare
- 101 Democratic Republic of the Congo 369 1000 t compare
- 103 Senegal 362 1000 t compare
- 104 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 358 1000 t compare
- 105 Panama 348 1000 t compare
- 105 Mozambique 348 1000 t 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 meat — food in Zambia?
- Meat — food in Zambia was 365 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 365 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 266 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for meat — food?
- Zambia ranks 102nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 Meat — Food. 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.