Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Zambia in 2024 — 8.75%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 131. Since 1966, the indicator has risen by 7.19 pp.
1966–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.75 | −1.87 pp |
| 2023 | 10.61 | +1.15 pp |
| 2022 | 9.47 | +1.73 pp |
| 2021 | 7.73 | +0.25 pp |
| 2020 | 7.49 | +0.18 pp |
| 2019 | 7.31 | +1.1 pp |
| 2018 | 6.21 | −1.07 pp |
| 2017 | 7.28 | −2.01 pp |
| 2016 | 9.29 | −0.67 pp |
| 2015 | 9.96 | +1.16 pp |
| 2014 | 8.8 | −0.42 pp |
| 2013 | 9.22 | −2.95 pp |
| 2012 | 12.17 | +4.23 pp |
| 2011 | 7.94 | +1.1 pp |
| 2010 | 6.84 | −1.59 pp |
| 2009 | 8.44 | +2.38 pp |
| 2008 | 6.05 | −1.29 pp |
| 2007 | 7.35 | +1.5 pp |
| 2006 | 5.84 | −5.67 pp |
| 2005 | 11.51 | −4.18 pp |
| 2004 | 15.69 | +5.12 pp |
| 2003 | 10.57 | +0.87 pp |
| 2002 | 9.7 | +0.12 pp |
| 2001 | 9.59 | +0.22 pp |
| 2000 | 9.37 | +1.36 pp |
| 1999 | 8.01 | +0.87 pp |
| 1998 | 7.14 | +2.38 pp |
| 1997 | 4.76 | −1.62 pp |
| 1996 | 6.38 | +3.7 pp |
| 1995 | 2.68 | — |
| 1993 | 3.91 | — |
| 1979 | 0.36 | −1.46 pp |
| 1978 | 1.81 | +0.28 pp |
| 1977 | 1.53 | +0.61 pp |
| 1976 | 0.92 | −0.5 pp |
| 1975 | 1.42 | −0.18 pp |
| 1974 | 1.6 | +0.4 pp |
| 1973 | 1.2 | +0.44 pp |
| 1972 | 0.76 | −0.21 pp |
| 1971 | 0.98 | +0.38 pp |
| 1970 | 0.6 | — |
| 1967 | 2.88 | +1.32 pp |
| 1966 | 1.56 | — |
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The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.
