Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Zambia
Zambia: Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0039 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Zambia stood at 0.0039 t per person. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 65.4% on the previous year and down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Zambia peaked at 0.0181 t per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0039 t per person, in 2024.
That places Zambia 49th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0061 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0071 t per person | +16.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0069 t per person | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0078 t per person | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 0.007 t per person | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0079 t per person | +11.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0081 t per person | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0074 t per person | -9.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0079 t per person | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0079 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0077 t per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0079 t per person | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0077 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0078 t per person | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0076 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0076 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0074 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0071 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0071 t per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0069 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0067 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0068 t per person | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0069 t per person | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0067 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0065 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0066 t per person | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0067 t per person | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0068 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0069 t per person | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0069 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.007 t per person | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0061 t per person | -12.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0066 t per person | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0062 t per person | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0058 t per person | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 0.006 t per person | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0055 t per person | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0053 t per person | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0053 t per person | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0052 t per person | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0074 t per person | +42.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0056 t per person | -24.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0092 t per person | +65.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0097 t per person | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0057 t per person | -40.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0084 t per person | +46.2% |
| 2007 | 0.006 t per person | -27.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0082 t per person | +35.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0149 t per person | +81.6% |
| 2010 | 0.0181 t per person | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0102 t per person | -43.9% |
| 2012 | 0.011 t per person | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0122 t per person | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0094 t per person | -22.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0072 t per person | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0137 t per person | +90.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0118 t per person | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0102 t per person | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0059 t per person | -42.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0076 t per person | +28.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0109 t per person | +43.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0066 t per person | -39.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0113 t per person | +72.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0039 t per person | -65.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +90.0% | 0.0072 t per person | 0.0137 t per person |
| 2009 | +81.6% | 0.0082 t per person | 0.0149 t per person |
| 2023 | +72.3% | 0.0066 t per person | 0.0113 t per person |
| 2003 | +65.9% | 0.0056 t per person | 0.0092 t per person |
| 2024 | -65.4% | 0.0113 t per person | 0.0039 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0074 t per person | 0.0061 t per person | 0.0081 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0076 t per person | 0.0071 t per person | 0.0079 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0067 t per person | 0.0065 t per person | 0.0069 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0061 t per person | 0.0053 t per person | 0.007 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.008 t per person | 0.0052 t per person | 0.0149 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.011 t per person | 0.0059 t per person | 0.0181 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0081 t per person | 0.0039 t per person | 0.0113 t per person | 5 |
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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 sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Zambia?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per capita in Zambia was 0.0039 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0181 t per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0039 t per person in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for sweet potatoes — production, per capita?
- Zambia ranks 49th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.