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Zambia (ZMB)

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IndicatorValueRankYear
Prevalence of undernourishment37.21632023
Cereal yield2,3441132024
Agricultural land32.071202023
Food production index119.91452022
Employment in agriculture54.531702025

What each indicator means

Prevalence of undernourishment
Share of the population whose food intake is persistently below the energy needed for a healthy life.
Cereal yield
Cereal harvested per hectare of land — a measure of how productive the land is.
Agricultural land
Share of land area used as cropland, permanent crops or pasture.
Food production index
Output of edible crops and livestock, indexed to a base period of 100.
Employment in agriculture
Share of employment in agriculture, forestry and fishing. It tends to fall as incomes rise.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 210 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Prevalence of undernourishment37.2 %163 / 1695.3 %Algeria 2.5Haiti 54.2
Cereal yield2,344 kg/ha113 / 1813,310 kg/haOman 29,147Cape Verde 40.3
Agricultural land32.07 %120 / 21037.96 %Côte d’Ivoire 86.48Suriname 0.45
Food production index119.91 index45 / 195106.08 indexSenegal 177.49Gambia 71.08
Employment in agriculture54.53 %170 / 18714.39 %Singapore 0.1Burundi 85.34

Countries ranked next to it: Kenya, Congo - Kinshasa, Afghanistan, Bolivia, Liechtenstein, Honduras, Ireland, Nigeria