Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Zambia
Zambia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply was 118 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Zambia is 118 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.2% on the previous year and up 87.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Zambia peaked at 152 mg/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 52 mg/cap/d, in 2015.
That places Zambia 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 78 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 68 mg/cap/d | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 66 mg/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 63 mg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 54 mg/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 52 mg/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 83 mg/cap/d | +59.6% |
| 2017 | 96 mg/cap/d | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 109 mg/cap/d | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 151 mg/cap/d | +38.5% |
| 2020 | 152 mg/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 142 mg/cap/d | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 99 mg/cap/d | -30.3% |
| 2023 | 118 mg/cap/d | +19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82 mg/cap/d | 52 mg/cap/d | 151 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 127.75 mg/cap/d | 99 mg/cap/d | 152 mg/cap/d | 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Zambia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Zambia was 118 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 152 mg/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52 mg/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply?
- Zambia ranks 27th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.3%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus 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.