Potatoes and products — Food supply in Zambia
Zambia: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 46,924 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in Zambia is 46,924 million Kcal, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 23.3% on the previous year and up 116.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Zambia peaked at 53,921 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18,455 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places Zambia 110th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18,455 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 19,563 million Kcal | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 20,921 million Kcal | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 21,689 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 21,738 million Kcal | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 22,206 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 24,759 million Kcal | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 26,193 million Kcal | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 22,769 million Kcal | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 31,812 million Kcal | +39.7% |
| 2020 | 53,921 million Kcal | +69.5% |
| 2021 | 43,347 million Kcal | -19.6% |
| 2022 | 38,058 million Kcal | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 46,924 million Kcal | +23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23,010 million Kcal | 18,455 million Kcal | 31,812 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,562 million Kcal | 38,058 million Kcal | 53,921 million Kcal | 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)
- 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 potatoes and products — food supply in Zambia?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Zambia was 46,924 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 53,921 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,455 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Zambia ranks 110th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 116.3%. 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 Potatoes and products — Food supply (kcal). 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.