Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Zambia
Zambia: Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 was 86.2 % in 2025. ▬ Flat
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Zambia, 2017–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Zambia stood at 86.2 %.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Zambia peaked at 86.5 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 82.8 %, in 2017.
That places Zambia 7th out of 137 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 82.8 % | — |
| 2018 | 83.1 % | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 84 % | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 85.5 % | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 86.1 % | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 86.5 % | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 86.3 % | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 86.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 86.2 % | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 83.3 % | 82.8 % | 84 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 86.15 % | 85.5 % | 86.5 % | 6 |
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More economy & growth data for Zambia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), annual growth rate 28.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1616 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total reserves minus gold (current US$), per capita 191.88 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) -12.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 0.1268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per 150.51 current US$ per person (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 13.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per 3.32 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Zambia?
- Prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 in Zambia was 86.2 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.8 % in 2017.
- How does Zambia rank for prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026?
- Zambia ranks 7th out of 137 countries with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of unaffordability (pua) — value — july 2026 rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Prevalence of unaffordability (PUA) — Value — July 2026 (SOFI report). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Indicators on the cost and affordability of a healthy diet (CoAHD) are estimated in each country and show the population’s physical and economic access to least expensive locally available foods to meet requirements for a healthy diet, as defined in food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). The indicators use observed retail food consumer prices and income distributions to provide an operational measure of people’s access to locally available foods in the proportions needed for health. These indicators support efforts within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 (SDG 2). They also support the monitoring of progress towards the objective of transforming agrifood systems by promoting “nutrition-sensitive agriculture”. FAO, in partnership with the Food Price for Nutrition of the World Bank, produces and reports the CoAHD indicators.