Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Zambia
Zambia: Vegetable Oils — Food supply was 1.39 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Zambia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 1.39 million million Kcal for vegetable oils — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 17.0% on the previous year and up 95.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food supply in Zambia peaked at 1.67 million million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 687,694 million Kcal, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 88th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetable Oils — Food supply in Zambia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 687,694 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 724,512 million Kcal | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 822,325 million Kcal | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 709,512 million Kcal | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 855,972 million Kcal | +20.6% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million million Kcal | +20.6% |
| 2016 | 925,140 million Kcal | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 1.05 million million Kcal | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 1.14 million million Kcal | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 1.23 million million Kcal | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 1.25 million million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.46 million million Kcal | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 1.67 million million Kcal | +14.6% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million million Kcal | -17.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 1.39 million million Kcal is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.25 million million Kcal, 1.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 1.39 million million Kcal is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 889,050 million Kcal, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 918,504 million Kcal | 687,694 million Kcal | 1.23 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 million million Kcal | 1.25 million million Kcal | 1.67 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 85 Bulgaria 1.63 million million Kcal compare
- 86 Portugal 1.58 million million Kcal compare
- 87 Niger 1.39 million million Kcal compare
- 89 Libya 1.33 million million Kcal compare
- 90 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.32 million million Kcal compare
- 91 Tajikistan 1.25 million million Kcal compare
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 vegetable oils — food supply in Zambia?
- Vegetable oils — food supply in Zambia was 1.39 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.67 million million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food supply recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 687,694 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for vegetable oils — food supply?
- Zambia ranks 88th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food supply rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.7%. 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 Vegetable Oils — Food supply (kcal). 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.