Stimulants — Food supply quantity in Zambia
Zambia: Stimulants — Food supply quantity was 0.17 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Stimulants — Food supply quantity in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for stimulants — food supply quantity in Zambia is 0.17 kg/cap, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 72.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, stimulants — food supply quantity in Zambia peaked at 0.62 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.17 kg/cap, in 2023.
Zambia ranks 163rd of 164 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Stimulants — Food supply quantity in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.61 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 0.61 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.61 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 0.62 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 0.61 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.59 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.36 kg/cap | -39.0% |
| 2018 | 0.27 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.35 kg/cap | +29.6% |
| 2020 | 0.43 kg/cap | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 0.24 kg/cap | -44.2% |
| 2022 | 0.22 kg/cap | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 0.17 kg/cap | -22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.523 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.62 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.265 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 160 Mozambique 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 160 Nigeria 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 162 Guinea-Bissau 0.22 kg/cap compare
- 164 Ghana 0.06 kg/cap 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 stimulants — food supply quantity in Zambia?
- Stimulants — food supply quantity in Zambia was 0.17 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest stimulants — food supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.62 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest stimulants — food supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for stimulants — food supply quantity?
- Zambia ranks 163rd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is stimulants — food supply quantity rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.1%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.