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FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Zambia.

Zambia income group: Lower Middle Income
Comparison
Zambia
Eastern Africa
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
3.2 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
81%
Availability of fruits
20.5 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
55.3 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
45%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
3.9 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
No Data
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
No Data
NCD-Protect
No Data
NCD-Risk
No Data
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
No Data
Adults: Soft drink consumption
No Data
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
30%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
No Data
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
23%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
30% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
41%
Cereals yield
0.2 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
0.5 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
0.8 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
13,148 100 g/animal
Beef yield
161.9 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
No Data
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
76,247.5 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.3 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
1.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
1.3 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
22.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
78% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
1%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
1.1 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
3% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
2% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
2% working age population
Social protection coverage
2% population
Social protection adequacy
3% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
20% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.9
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
26%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-0.7
Food safety capacity
80
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
1
Open budget index score
19
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.6
Mobile cellular subscriptions
99.1 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.4
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
24% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
7,583
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
No Data
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
0.3
Food price volatility
0.8
Food supply variability per capita
30 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable