Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Zambia
Zambia: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index was 307.91 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Zambia, 2010–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 307.91 for sweet potatoes — producer price index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.8% on the previous year and up 207.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price index in Zambia peaked at 307.91 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 51.65, in 2010.
Zambia ranks 10th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 51.65 | — |
| 2011 | 56.55 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 78.34 | +38.5% |
| 2013 | 77.79 | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 80.33 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 100.11 | +24.6% |
| 2016 | 119.56 | +19.4% |
| 2017 | 86.86 | -27.4% |
| 2018 | 102.62 | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 125.27 | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 144.88 | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 178.64 | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 197.3 | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 238.62 | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 275.44 | +15.4% |
| 2025 | 307.91 | +11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 87.91 | 51.65 | 125.27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 223.8 | 144.88 | 307.91 | 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)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 21.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 12.57 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 14,920 current LCU per person (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate -7.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.6071 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per capita 720.69 current US$ per person (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU), annual growth rate 19.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Final consumption expenditure (current LCU), per unit of GDP 15.89 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — producer price index in Zambia?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price index in Zambia was 307.91 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 307.91 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.65 in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for sweet potatoes — producer price index?
- Zambia ranks 10th out of 82 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 207.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). 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.