Sweet potatoes — Losses in Zambia
Zambia: Sweet potatoes — Losses was 15 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Losses in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — losses in Zambia is 15 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 87.5% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — losses in Zambia peaked at 19 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7 1000 t, in 2020.
Zambia ranks 35th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 13.2 1000 t | 9 1000 t | 19 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11 1000 t | 7 1000 t | 15 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 32 Zimbabwe 19 1000 t compare
- 33 Senegal 17 1000 t compare
- 34 Niger 16 1000 t compare
- 36 Philippines 11 1000 t compare
- 37 Argentina 10 1000 t compare
- 37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 10 1000 t compare
- 37 Burkina Faso 10 1000 t compare
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 sweet potatoes — losses in Zambia?
- Sweet potatoes — losses in Zambia was 15 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 19 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — losses recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Zambia rank for sweet potatoes — losses?
- Zambia ranks 35th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — losses rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Losses. 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.