Number of pigs in Zambia

Number of pigs in Zambia was 1,501,285 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 6.9% from 2023. That is the 54th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head1,501,285 Estimated

Change on 2023-6.9%

Rank54th of 171Countries ranked

Series high1,613,2482023

Series low61,0001963

Next release: Thursday, 31 December 2026, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Number of pigs in Zambia, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	1,501,285 Estimated
2023	1,613,248
2022	1,160,842
2021	1,226,346 Estimated
2020	1,166,924
2019	1,331,576
2018	1,292,287
2017	1,082,765
2016	1,051,082 Estimated
2015	1,010,301
2014	1,100,000 Estimated
2013	1,098,951
2012	1,517,492
2011	815,685
2010	715,000 Estimated
2009	711,707
2008	704,830
2007	538,393
2006	398,637
2005	301,453
2004	286,726
2003	268,599
2002	276,791
2001	325,000 Estimated
2000	308,872
1999	324,000
1998	320,000
1997	316,000
1996	320,000 Estimated
1995	300,000 Estimated
1994	310,000 Estimated
1993	300,000 Estimated
1992	290,000 Estimated
1991	296,000 Estimated
1990	295,000 Estimated
1989	297,138
1988	206,518
1987	196,176
1986	186,572
1985	177,600
1984	166,277
1983	193,692
1982	245,529
1981	231,430
1980	218,465
1979	202,494
1978	226,686
1977	216,413
1976	172,608
1975	166,000
1974	156,000
1973	150,000
1972	133,930
1971	91,925
1970	96,000
1969	96,000
1968	92,000
1967	97,000
1966	89,000
1965	74,000
1964	70,000
1963	61,000
1962	72,000
1961	76,000

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Zambia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/zambia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Zambia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/zambia.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Zambia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/zambia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_zambia_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Zambia, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/zambia. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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1,613,248 head in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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