Stimulants — Food supply in Zambia
Zambia: Stimulants — Food supply was 1,205 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Stimulants — 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 stimulants — food supply in Zambia is 1,205 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 37.9% on the previous year and down 86.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, stimulants — food supply in Zambia peaked at 9,217 million Kcal in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,205 million Kcal, in 2023.
That places Zambia 155th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Stimulants — Food supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,534 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 7,932 million Kcal | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 8,109 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 9,217 million Kcal | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 9,044 million Kcal | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 9,004 million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 9,182 million Kcal | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 7,918 million Kcal | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 7,652 million Kcal | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 4,591 million Kcal | -40.0% |
| 2020 | 5,174 million Kcal | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 2,273 million Kcal | -56.1% |
| 2022 | 1,941 million Kcal | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 1,205 million Kcal | -37.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8,018 million Kcal | 4,591 million Kcal | 9,217 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,648 million Kcal | 1,205 million Kcal | 5,174 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 152 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,336 million Kcal compare
- 153 Bhutan 1,301 million Kcal compare
- 154 Grenada 1,247 million Kcal compare
- 156 Saint Lucia 1,039 million Kcal compare
- 157 Gambia 649.04 million Kcal compare
- 158 Marshall Islands 581.98 million Kcal 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)
- 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 stimulants — food supply in Zambia?
- Stimulants — food supply in Zambia was 1,205 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest stimulants — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,217 million Kcal in 2013.
- What is the lowest stimulants — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,205 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for stimulants — food supply?
- Zambia ranks 155th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is stimulants — food supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.9%. 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 Stimulants — 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.