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Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Total Land (FAO) 743,390 km2 2012
Arable Land (FAO) 3,800,000 ha 2012
Wheat area (FAO) 28,159 ha 2014
Wheat area (USDA) 31,000 ha 2015
Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014
Wheat yield (USDA) 7 t/ha 2015
Wheat production (FAO) 201,504 t 2014
Wheat production (USDA) 214,000 t 2015
Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 332,000 t 2015
Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 176,827 t 2011
Wheat imports (FAO) 30 t 2012
Wheat imports (USDA) 100,000 t 2015
Wheat exports (FAO) 90 t 2012
Wheat exports (USDA) --- ---
Wheat seed production (FAO) 2,253 t 2013
Wheat Data
Indicator (Source) Value Year
Food supply - TOTAL
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
1,937 2011
Food supply - CEREALS
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
1,108 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from cereals (FAO)
57 % 2011
Food supply - WHEAT
kcal/capita/year (FAO)
88 2011
Percentage of total daily calories
from wheat (FAO)
5 % 2011
Total supply wheat (USDA) 332,000 t 2015
Beginning stocks (USDA) 18,000 t 2015
Ending stocks (USDA) 18,000 t 2014
Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 10,000 t 2012
Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 332,000 t 2015
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Year Value %
Total population - (FAO) 2024 20,727,000 100%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 18,252,000 88%
Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 44,206,000 213%
Urban population - (FAO) 2024 9,384,000 100%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 7,900,000 84%
Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 26,322,000 280%
Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 11,343,000 100%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 10,352,000 91%
Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 17,885,000 157%
Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 4,333,000 100%
Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 4,333,000 100 %
Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2014 33.77 %
Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.43
Literacy rate, adult total (WB)
(percentage of people ages 15 and above)
ZMB 2,013
Life expectancy at birth, total (WB)
(years)
ZMB 2,013
Demographic Data
Indicator - year (Source) Value Year
Population bellow US$ 1.25 - ZMB (WB) 2013 %
Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.328 2007
Unemployment total (WB)
(percentage)
2,013 ZMB
GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 ZMB
GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ZMB
Agriculture, value added (WB)
(percentage of GDP)
2,013 ZMB
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(% of fertilizer production)
2,013 ZMB
Fertilizer consumption (WB)
(kilograms per hectare of arable land)
2,013 ZMB
Nº of tractors
per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB)
2,013 ZMB
Mobile cellular subscriptions
per 100 people (WB)
2,013 ZMB
Internet users per 100 people (WB)

External Links

FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=ZMB
World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/zm
Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/zambia/

Source

FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015.
USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015.
UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013.
WB: Instant updates via API.