Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita (Production capita) in Zambia
Zambia: Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita (Production capita) was 0.1735 t per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita in Zambia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.1735 t per person for cereals excluding rice — production, per capita in 2023.
The figure is up 16.8% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals excluding rice — production, per capita in Zambia peaked at 0.3387 t per person in 1976 and was at its lowest, 0.0696 t per person, in 2002.
Zambia ranks 52nd of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita (Production capita) in Zambia, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2356 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.223 t per person | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 0.1952 t per person | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 0.2162 t per person | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 0.2211 t per person | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 0.234 t per person | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 0.2269 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2025 t per person | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 0.1978 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 0.159 t per person | -19.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2398 t per person | +50.8% |
| 1972 | 0.302 t per person | +25.9% |
| 1973 | 0.2184 t per person | -27.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2551 t per person | +16.8% |
| 1975 | 0.3236 t per person | +26.8% |
| 1976 | 0.3387 t per person | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3271 t per person | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 0.2685 t per person | -17.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1659 t per person | -38.2% |
| 1980 | 0.1692 t per person | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 0.1752 t per person | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 0.1283 t per person | -26.8% |
| 1983 | 0.1525 t per person | +18.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1391 t per person | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1742 t per person | +25.2% |
| 1986 | 0.1872 t per person | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 0.1599 t per person | -14.6% |
| 1988 | 0.2768 t per person | +73.1% |
| 1989 | 0.2576 t per person | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 0.1541 t per person | -40.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1514 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0734 t per person | -51.5% |
| 1993 | 0.2081 t per person | +183.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1378 t per person | -33.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0977 t per person | -29.1% |
| 1996 | 0.1732 t per person | +77.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1218 t per person | -29.7% |
| 1998 | 0.0834 t per person | -31.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1015 t per person | +21.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1192 t per person | +17.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0909 t per person | -23.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0696 t per person | -23.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1229 t per person | +76.6% |
| 2004 | 0.1202 t per person | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0899 t per person | -25.2% |
| 2006 | 0.131 t per person | +45.8% |
| 2007 | 0.1208 t per person | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 0.1053 t per person | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 0.1598 t per person | +51.8% |
| 2010 | 0.218 t per person | +36.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2304 t per person | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 0.2122 t per person | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1855 t per person | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 0.2266 t per person | +22.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1753 t per person | -22.7% |
| 2016 | 0.1823 t per person | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2211 t per person | +21.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1424 t per person | -35.6% |
| 2019 | 0.1186 t per person | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1918 t per person | +61.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1983 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1486 t per person | -25.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1735 t per person | +16.8% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.1735 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0713 t per person, 2.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.1735 t per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0713 t per person, 2.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita (Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +183.3% | 0.0734 t per person | 0.2081 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2169 t per person | 0.1952 t per person | 0.2356 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2598 t per person | 0.159 t per person | 0.3387 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.182 t per person | 0.1283 t per person | 0.2768 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1302 t per person | 0.0734 t per person | 0.2081 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.113 t per person | 0.0696 t per person | 0.1598 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1913 t per person | 0.1186 t per person | 0.2304 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1781 t per person | 0.1486 t per person | 0.1983 t per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals excluding rice — production, per capita in Zambia?
- Cereals excluding rice — production, per capita in Zambia was 0.1735 t per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cereals excluding rice — production, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3387 t per person in 1976.
- What is the lowest cereals excluding rice — production, per capita recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0696 t per person in 2002.
- How does Zambia rank for cereals excluding rice — production, per capita?
- Zambia ranks 52nd out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals excluding rice — production, per capita rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cereals excluding rice — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cereals excluding rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cereals excluding rice — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cereals excluding rice — 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
Cereals excluding rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.