Sorghum — Producer Price in Zambia
Zambia: Sorghum — Producer Price was 8,303 SLC in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Producer Price in Zambia, 2005–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 8,303 SLC for sorghum — producer price in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 45.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — producer price in Zambia peaked at 8,343 SLC in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,808 SLC, in 2005.
That places Zambia 32nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Sorghum — Producer Price in Zambia, year by year
| Year | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1,808 SLC | — |
| 2006 | 2,145 SLC | +18.6% |
| 2007 | 2,201 SLC | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 3,400 SLC | +54.5% |
| 2009 | 4,900 SLC | +44.1% |
| 2010 | 2,022 SLC | -58.7% |
| 2011 | 2,200 SLC | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 2,470 SLC | +12.3% |
| 2013 | 4,503 SLC | +82.3% |
| 2014 | 5,702 SLC | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 5,784 SLC | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 6,316 SLC | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 6,060 SLC | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 5,620 SLC | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 6,290 SLC | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 7,481 SLC | +18.9% |
| 2023 | 8,343 SLC | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 8,303 SLC | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,891 SLC | 1,808 SLC | 4,900 SLC | 5 |
| 2010s | 4,382 SLC | 2,022 SLC | 6,316 SLC | 8 |
| 2020s | 7,207 SLC | 5,620 SLC | 8,343 SLC | 5 |
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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)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth 97.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth 155.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 58.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 1.03 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 1,360 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 51.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0433 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 57.08 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — producer price in Zambia?
- Sorghum — producer price in Zambia was 8,303 SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — producer price recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,343 SLC in 2023.
- What is the lowest sorghum — producer price recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,808 SLC in 2005.
- How does Zambia rank for sorghum — producer price?
- Zambia ranks 32nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — producer price rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.