Zambia Food Prices and Economic Indicators from FAO

Food Prices for Zambia, sourced from the FAO's FAOSTAT bulk data service. The dataset covers categories including Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices. It was last updated on 2026-03-16 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Use Cases

• Modeling inflation trends based on Consumer Price Indices data.
• Analyzing currency valuation impacts on food markets based on Exchange rates.
• Studying agricultural sector profitability based on Producer Prices.
• Adjusting economic time series for inflation based on Deflators data.

Strengths

• Sourced from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• Covers multiple economic indicator categories: Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices.
• Available in CSV format, a widely supported standard for tabular data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations via FAOSTAT bulk data service.

Collection Method

Aggregated national statistics from the FAO's data collection.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026 03 16 13:29:50.754347; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zambia