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 96th out of 194 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.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 132 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 140 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 147 1000 t | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 157 1000 t | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 187 1000 t | +19.1% |
| 2015 | 199 1000 t | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 185 1000 t | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 202 1000 t | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 206 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 183 1000 t | -11.2% |
| 2020 | 261 1000 t | +42.6% |
| 2021 | 187 1000 t | -28.4% |
| 2022 | 243 1000 t | +29.9% |
| 2023 | 209 1000 t | -14.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 209 1000 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 216 1000 t, 97% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 209 1000 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 194.5 1000 t, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
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 (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 96th out of 194 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.