Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Zambia
Zambia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 531 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 531 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
That represents a change of up 21.2% on the previous year and up 112.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Zambia peaked at 655 kcal/cap/d in 2019 and was at its lowest, 205 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
That places Zambia 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 302 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 270 kcal/cap/d | -10.6% |
| 2012 | 259 kcal/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 250 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 208 kcal/cap/d | -16.8% |
| 2015 | 205 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 337 kcal/cap/d | +64.4% |
| 2017 | 390 kcal/cap/d | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 448 kcal/cap/d | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 655 kcal/cap/d | +46.2% |
| 2020 | 638 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 600 kcal/cap/d | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 438 kcal/cap/d | -27.0% |
| 2023 | 531 kcal/cap/d | +21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 332.4 kcal/cap/d | 205 kcal/cap/d | 655 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 551.75 kcal/cap/d | 438 kcal/cap/d | 638 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 9 Solomon Islands 648 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 79 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 77 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 645 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Gabon 621 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 48 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Paraguay 500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Syrian Arab Republic 32 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Sierra Leone 494 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Fiji 470 kcal/cap/d 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Zambia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Zambia was 531 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 655 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 205 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Zambia ranks 12th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.4%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.