Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Zambia
Zambia: Sweet potatoes — Producer Price was 8,403 SLC in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Zambia, 2010–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 8,403 SLC for sweet potatoes — producer price in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.4% on the previous year and up 242.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — producer price in Zambia peaked at 8,403 SLC in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,576 SLC, in 2010.
That places Zambia 42nd out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Producer Price in Zambia, year by year
| Year | SLC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,576 SLC | — |
| 2011 | 1,725 SLC | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 2,390 SLC | +38.5% |
| 2013 | 2,373 SLC | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,451 SLC | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 3,054 SLC | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 3,131 SLC | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,822 SLC | +22.1% |
| 2020 | 4,420 SLC | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 5,450 SLC | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 6,019 SLC | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 7,280 SLC | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 8,403 SLC | +15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,565 SLC | 1,576 SLC | 3,822 SLC | 8 |
| 2020s | 6,314 SLC | 4,420 SLC | 8,403 SLC | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 39 Antigua and Barbuda 9,156 SLC compare
- 40 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,818 SLC compare
- 41 Argentina 8,422 SLC compare
- 43 Mexico 7,625 SLC compare
- 44 Saint Lucia 7,481 SLC compare
- 45 Grenada 7,187 SLC compare
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 sweet potatoes — producer price in Zambia?
- Sweet potatoes — producer price in Zambia was 8,403 SLC in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,403 SLC in 2024.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — producer price recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,576 SLC in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for sweet potatoes — producer price?
- Zambia ranks 42nd out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — producer price rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 242.9%. 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 (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.