Swine / pigs — Stocks in Zambia
Zambia: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 1.50 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Zambia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — stocks in Zambia is 1.50 million An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 36.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Zambia peaked at 1.61 million An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61,000 An, in 1963.
Zambia ranks 55th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Zambia, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 72,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 61,000 An | -15.3% |
| 1964 | 70,000 An | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 74,000 An | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 89,000 An | +20.3% |
| 1967 | 97,000 An | +9.0% |
| 1968 | 92,000 An | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 96,000 An | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 96,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 91,925 An | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 133,930 An | +45.7% |
| 1973 | 150,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 156,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 166,000 An | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 172,608 An | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 216,413 An | +25.4% |
| 1978 | 226,686 An | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 202,494 An | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 218,465 An | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 231,430 An | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 245,529 An | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 193,692 An | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 166,277 An | -14.2% |
| 1985 | 177,600 An | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 186,572 An | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 196,176 An | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 206,518 An | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 297,138 An | +43.9% |
| 1990 | 295,000 An | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 296,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 290,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 300,000 An | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 310,000 An | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 300,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 320,000 An | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 316,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 320,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 324,000 An | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 308,872 An | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 325,000 An | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 276,791 An | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 268,599 An | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 286,726 An | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 301,453 An | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 398,637 An | +32.2% |
| 2007 | 538,393 An | +35.1% |
| 2008 | 704,830 An | +30.9% |
| 2009 | 711,707 An | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 715,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 815,685 An | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 1.52 million An | +86.0% |
| 2013 | 1.10 million An | -27.6% |
| 2014 | 1.10 million An | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1.01 million An | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million An | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 1.08 million An | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1.29 million An | +19.4% |
| 2019 | 1.33 million An | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1.17 million An | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 1.23 million An | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 1.16 million An | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 1.61 million An | +39.0% |
| 2024 | 1.50 million An | -6.9% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1.50 million An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 301,747 An, 5.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1.50 million An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 307,970 An, 4.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine / pigs — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +86.0% | 815,685 An | 1.52 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80,778 An | 61,000 An | 97,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 161,206 An | 91,925 An | 226,686 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 211,940 An | 166,277 An | 297,138 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 307,100 An | 290,000 An | 324,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 412,101 An | 268,599 An | 711,707 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million An | 715,000 An | 1.52 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 million An | 1.16 million An | 1.61 million An | 5 |
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 swine / pigs — stocks in Zambia?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Zambia was 1.50 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 million An in 2023.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,000 An in 1963.
- How does Zambia rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Zambia ranks 55th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.