Sorghum and products — Food supply in Zambia
Zambia: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 1.57 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum and products — food supply in Zambia is 1.57 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 60.3% on the previous year and down 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in Zambia peaked at 8.21 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1.16 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
That places Zambia 42nd out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8.21 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 6.12 kcal/cap/d | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 4.08 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2013 | 4.09 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 4.01 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 1.16 kcal/cap/d | -71.1% |
| 2016 | 4.3 kcal/cap/d | +270.7% |
| 2017 | 5.23 kcal/cap/d | +21.6% |
| 2018 | 4.27 kcal/cap/d | -18.4% |
| 2019 | 1.95 kcal/cap/d | -54.3% |
| 2020 | 6.07 kcal/cap/d | +211.3% |
| 2021 | 5.06 kcal/cap/d | -16.6% |
| 2022 | 3.95 kcal/cap/d | -21.9% |
| 2023 | 1.57 kcal/cap/d | -60.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.34 kcal/cap/d | 1.16 kcal/cap/d | 8.21 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.16 kcal/cap/d | 1.57 kcal/cap/d | 6.07 kcal/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 sorghum and products — food supply in Zambia?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in Zambia was 1.57 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.21 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- Zambia ranks 42nd out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum and products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.