Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value in Zambia
Zambia: Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value was 26.4 g/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value in Zambia is 26.4 g/cap/d, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value in Zambia peaked at 35.1 g/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 24.5 g/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Zambia 150th out of 163 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.
Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value in Zambia, year by year
| Year | g/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24.5 g/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 25.3 g/cap/d | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 26.3 g/cap/d | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 26.5 g/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 30.7 g/cap/d | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 31.6 g/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 28.2 g/cap/d | -10.8% |
| 2017 | 30.1 g/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 29.6 g/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 25.3 g/cap/d | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 35.1 g/cap/d | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 25.2 g/cap/d | -28.2% |
| 2022 | 31.7 g/cap/d | +25.8% |
| 2023 | 26.4 g/cap/d | -16.7% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 26.4 g/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49.65 g/cap/d, 53% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 26.4 g/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 38.7 g/cap/d, 68% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.81 g/cap/d | 24.5 g/cap/d | 31.6 g/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.6 g/cap/d | 25.2 g/cap/d | 35.1 g/cap/d | 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 sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value in Zambia?
- Sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value in Zambia was 26.4 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.1 g/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.5 g/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value?
- Zambia ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweets and sugars — carbohydrate (available) supply — value rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Sweets and sugars — Carbohydrate (available) supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.