Potatoes and products — Food in Zambia
Zambia: Potatoes and products — Food was 71 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 71 1000 t for potatoes and products — food in 2023.
That represents a change of up 24.6% on the previous year and up 115.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food in Zambia peaked at 82 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 28 1000 t, 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 in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 30 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 32 1000 t | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 33 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 34 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 34 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 38 1000 t | +11.8% |
| 2017 | 40 1000 t | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 34 1000 t | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 48 1000 t | +41.2% |
| 2020 | 82 1000 t | +70.8% |
| 2021 | 66 1000 t | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 57 1000 t | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 71 1000 t | +24.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 35.1 1000 t | 28 1000 t | 48 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69 1000 t | 57 1000 t | 82 1000 t | 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)
- 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 potatoes and products — food in Zambia?
- Potatoes and products — food in Zambia was 71 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 82 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for potatoes and products — food?
- Zambia ranks 110th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 115.2%. 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. 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.