Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Zambia
Zambia: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity was 10.69 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Zambia stood at 10.69 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 16.8% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Zambia peaked at 14.87 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 10.42 kg/cap, in 2010.
That places Zambia 149th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in Zambia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10.42 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 10.89 kg/cap | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 12.19 kg/cap | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 11.51 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 2014 | 13.16 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 13.48 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 12.15 kg/cap | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 12.94 kg/cap | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 12.83 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 10.81 kg/cap | -15.7% |
| 2020 | 14.87 kg/cap | +37.6% |
| 2021 | 10.96 kg/cap | -26.3% |
| 2022 | 12.85 kg/cap | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 10.69 kg/cap | -16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 12.04 kg/cap | 10.42 kg/cap | 13.48 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.34 kg/cap | 10.69 kg/cap | 14.87 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 146 Sierra Leone 13.18 kg/cap compare
- 147 Uganda 12.7 kg/cap compare
- 148 Ghana 11.03 kg/cap compare
- 150 Afghanistan 10.6 kg/cap compare
- 151 Malawi 10.22 kg/cap compare
- 152 Bangladesh 9.95 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 sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Zambia?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in Zambia was 10.69 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 14.87 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.42 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity?
- Zambia ranks 149th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.1%. 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 Sugar & Sweeteners — 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.