Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Zambia
Zambia: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food was 209 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Zambia is 209 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.0% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Zambia peaked at 261 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 132 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Zambia 89th out of 182 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 173.8 1000 t | 132 1000 t | 206 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 225 1000 t | 187 1000 t | 261 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- 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)
- Rural population 54.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 683.84 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Zambia?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food in Zambia was 209 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 261 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 132 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food?
- Zambia ranks 89th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — food rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. 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 (Raw Equivalent) — Food. 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.