Meat — Protein supply quantity in Zambia
Zambia: Meat — Protein supply quantity was 58,349 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 58,349 t for meat — protein supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — protein supply quantity in Zambia peaked at 58,349 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 42,543 t, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 101st 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 — Protein supply quantity in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42,543 t | — |
| 2011 | 43,492 t | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 48,207 t | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 50,149 t | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 50,449 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 51,240 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 50,164 t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 54,252 t | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 55,645 t | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 48,214 t | -13.4% |
| 2020 | 55,659 t | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 53,915 t | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 58,274 t | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 58,349 t | +0.1% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 58,349 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,655 t, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 58,349 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34,638 t, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49,435 t | 42,543 t | 55,645 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 56,549 t | 53,915 t | 58,349 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
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 — protein supply quantity in Zambia?
- Meat — protein supply quantity in Zambia was 58,349 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 58,349 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 42,543 t in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for meat — protein supply quantity?
- Zambia ranks 101st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 — Protein supply quantity (t). 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.