Share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia

Zambia: Share healthy diet unaffordable was 82.1 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
82.1
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
10th
of 150 countries
All-time high
82.1
in 2024
All-time low
77.8
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024

Share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia, 2017–2024

0204060802017202020242017: 77.82018: 782019: 78.92020: 80.52021: 81.32022: 81.72023: 81.82024: 82.1

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Zambia recorded 82.1 for share healthy diet unaffordable in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.

Zambia ranks 10th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

Share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for Share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia, 2017 to 2024.
Year Value Change
2017 77.8
2018 78 +0.3%
2019 78.9 +1.2%
2020 80.5 +2.0%
2021 81.3 +1.0%
2022 81.7 +0.5%
2023 81.8 +0.1%
2024 82.1 +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 78.23 77.8 78.9 3
2020s 81.48 80.5 82.1 5

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 7 Central African Republic 87.2 compare
  2. 7 Haiti 87.2 compare
  3. 9 Niger 86.3 compare
  4. 11 Nigeria 79.3 compare
  5. 12 Congo 78.4 compare
  6. 13 Lesotho 77.5 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia?
Share healthy diet unaffordable in Zambia was 82.1 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share healthy diet unaffordable recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 82.1 in 2024.
What is the lowest share healthy diet unaffordable recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 77.8 in 2017.
How does Zambia rank for share healthy diet unaffordable?
Zambia ranks 10th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
Is share healthy diet unaffordable rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Zambia data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share healthy diet unaffordable. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share healthy diet unaffordable
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
150 places, 1,199 data points, 2017–2024
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