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Zambia

Two directions on one page: the harm recorded where people live and work here, and the supply chains that connect this country to harm recorded somewhere else.

This page shows recorded deaths, production, and shares traced through trade. It does not show the death toll behind what this country uses. That number is calculated, and stays unpublished until it has a range and the model has passed its test on past years.

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Harm counted here, in the products the model covers

Each product whose supply chain counts deaths in Zambia, with its deaths per item and the part of that figure counted here — the other side of the story: harm suffered here, in things mostly bought elsewhere.

Scenario Economic-embedded, using FIGARO 2023.

In this calculation, no product’s figure reaches it.

Recorded here

Deaths recorded for this country, as their publishers counted them: war deaths from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), and deaths at work reported to the International Labour Organization. Both are records, and both are floors, not estimates of the whole. A war death is recorded where it happened, whoever died.

Recorded here
Kind of harm Years Deaths recorded Latest year
War deaths (UCDP) 1989–2001 138 7 (2001)
Deaths at work (ILOSTAT, as reported) 1983–1988 19 3 (1988)

What it produces

The latest year on record for each material, and this country’s share of the production on record for that year. That is not always a share of the world total: when a publisher lumps small producers together as “other countries”, that group is not a country and is not loaded.

What it produces
Material Produced Share of recorded production Quality
Coal and lignite (2024) 2,019,196 t 0.0% reported
Cobalt (2016) 3,000 t 2.9% not stated
Copper (2025) 940,000 t 4.7% estimated
Wheat (2024) 198,886 t 0.0% reported
Milk (2024) 525,394 t 0.1% estimated
Maize (2024) 1,511,143 t 0.1% reported
Rice (2024) 24,566 t 0.0% reported
Soybeans (2024) 169,700 t 0.0% reported
Sugar (2024) 4,893,717 t 0.2% gap filled
Coffee (2024) 8,796 t 0.1% estimated
Cotton (2024) 9,072 t 0.0% reported
Livestock (2024) 327,070 t 0.1% gap filled
Timber (2024) 2,692,000 m3 0.1% estimated
Tobacco (unmanufactured) (2024) 20,768 t 0.3% reported
Wood charcoal (2024) 1,296,000 t 2.2% gap filled
Agricultural land (2024) 23,840,490 ha 0.5% gap filled
Forest (2025) 44,874,290 ha 1.1% external
Fresh water (2023) 760,000,000 m3 0.1% reported

Where what it consumes is produced

For each material, how much of what this country uses was produced in each country. It is traced through trade, so a country that only passes a material on is not counted as its source: it hands on the mix it imported. The largest sources are listed and the rest added together.

Crude petroleum — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Nigeria 47.5% yes
Saudi Arabia 17.3% —
Angola 14.8% yes
United States 6.7% —
Ghana 6.5% yes
Algeria 1.8% yes
All other countries5.4%
Natural gas — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Tanzania 54.9% yes
United States 16.1% —
Mozambique 10.6% yes
United Arab Emirates 6.5% —
Norway 5.2% —
Russian Federation 1.2% yes
All other countries5.5%
Coal and lignite — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 91.0% —
Zimbabwe 8.8% —
All other countries0.2%
Cobalt — 2015, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 53.5% —
Congo, Dem. Rep. 46.2% yes
South Africa 0.2% —
Madagascar 0.1% —
All other countries0.0%
Lithium — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Australia 31.7% —
China 26.2% —
Chile 24.8% —
Zimbabwe 9.5% —
Argentina 5.2% yes
Brazil 2.0% yes
All other countries0.7%
Nickel — 2018, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Australia 95.9% yes
Canada 2.5% —
Russian Federation 1.2% yes
United States 0.1% yes
All other countries0.2%
Tin — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Indonesia 82.6% yes
Brazil 4.7% yes
Lao PDR 3.2% —
Malaysia 2.2% —
Australia 1.7% —
Congo, Dem. Rep. 1.5% yes
All other countries4.2%
Tantalum — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Nigeria 67.0% yes
Rwanda 13.3% yes
Congo, Dem. Rep. 9.1% yes
China 2.9% —
Brazil 2.8% yes
Ethiopia 2.6% yes
All other countries2.4%
Tungsten — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 95.3% yes
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 2.2% —
Russian Federation 0.8% yes
Bolivia 0.5% yes
Rwanda 0.3% —
Spain 0.3% yes
All other countries0.6%
Iron ore — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
South Africa 100.0% yes
All other countries0.0%
Bauxite — 2021, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 43.5% —
Guinea 32.4% yes
Australia 12.8% —
Indonesia 8.6% yes
Brazil 2.6% yes
All other countries0.0%
Rare earth elements — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 81.3% —
Myanmar 8.1% yes
Russian Federation 3.0% yes
United States 2.9% —
Australia 2.3% —
India 2.0% yes
All other countries0.3%
Silver — 2018, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Mexico 28.4% yes
Russian Federation 16.4% yes
Argentina 12.1% —
Peru 9.7% —
Poland 8.6% —
China 8.4% —
All other countries16.4%
Zinc — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Mexico 32.6% yes
Peru 17.7% —
Australia 16.1% —
United States 12.9% —
Bolivia 12.8% —
India 5.0% yes
All other countries3.0%
Phosphate rock — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Brazil 99.8% yes
India 0.2% yes
All other countries0.0%
Natural graphite — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
China 54.8% —
India 16.6% yes
Madagascar 14.0% —
Mozambique 8.5% yes
Tanzania 4.4% yes
Brazil 0.6% yes
All other countries1.0%
Salt — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Pakistan 23.8% yes
China 20.2% —
India 10.8% yes
Germany 10.7% yes
Spain 6.7% —
United Kingdom 6.5% —
All other countries21.2%
Silica sand — 2021, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
South Africa 74.7% yes
China 13.0% —
India 4.1% yes
Italy 3.4% —
France 1.5% —
Germany 0.7% —
All other countries2.5%
Natural diamonds (rough) — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Russian Federation 32.1% yes
Botswana 25.5% —
Angola 13.2% —
Canada 13.2% —
South Africa 5.2% yes
Zimbabwe 4.6% —
All other countries6.2%
Wheat — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Australia 34.6% —
Zambia (at home) 30.0% —
South Africa 13.7% yes
Lithuania 9.4% —
Russian Federation 7.7% yes
Poland 1.6% —
All other countries3.0%
Milk — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 92.1% —
South Africa 5.7% yes
New Zealand 0.7% —
United Kingdom 0.5% —
Uruguay 0.1% —
United Arab Emirates 0.1% —
All other countries0.7%
Natural rubber — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Thailand 46.8% yes
China 14.3% —
Cote d'Ivoire 7.6% —
Viet Nam 7.6% —
Indonesia 6.3% yes
Lao PDR 5.7% —
All other countries11.6%
Maize — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 93.5% —
Tanzania 4.4% yes
South Africa 1.4% yes
India 0.2% yes
Zimbabwe 0.2% —
Burundi 0.2% yes
All other countries0.2%
Rice — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 67.5% —
Thailand 16.3% yes
India 7.2% yes
Pakistan 5.2% yes
Tanzania 3.2% yes
All other countries0.5%
Soybeans — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 99.2% —
South Africa 0.5% yes
Malawi 0.2% —
All other countries0.0%
Sugar — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 97.8% —
Brazil 1.1% yes
Egypt, Arab Rep. 0.5% —
Zimbabwe 0.5% —
All other countries0.1%
Coffee — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 98.1% —
Brazil 1.0% yes
Ethiopia 0.1% yes
Uganda 0.1% yes
All other countries0.6%
Cocoa — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Peru 30.3% —
Ghana 21.7% yes
Ecuador 11.7% yes
Cote d'Ivoire 11.4% —
Tanzania 9.9% yes
Panama 4.9% —
All other countries10.1%
Palm oil — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Malaysia 71.9% —
Indonesia 27.2% yes
Thailand 0.4% yes
Papua New Guinea 0.3% yes
All other countries0.2%
Cotton — 2023, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 100.0% —
All other countries0.0%
Livestock — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 98.0% —
Germany 0.4% yes
United Kingdom 0.3% —
Netherlands 0.3% —
Brazil 0.2% yes
South Africa 0.1% yes
All other countries0.7%
Timber — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 98.5% —
Zimbabwe 1.1% —
South Africa 0.4% yes
All other countries0.1%
Tobacco (unmanufactured) — 1995, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 87.8% —
Zimbabwe 9.1% yes
China 2.3% —
United States 0.2% —
Brazil 0.2% yes
Malawi 0.1% —
All other countries0.3%
Wood charcoal — 2024, by value
Produced in Share War recorded
Zambia (at home) 100.0% —
All other countries0.0%

“War recorded” marks a source country where war deaths were recorded in the same year. It is a fact about that country, not a claim that this material caused them.

Where what it produces is consumed

For each material this country produces, how much of it is used in each country, including at home.

Coal and lignite — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 93.0%
Congo, Dem. Rep. 7.0%
All other countries0.0%
Cobalt — 2016, by value
Consumed in Share
China 28.0%
United Arab Emirates 26.7%
South Africa 15.6%
United States 7.1%
Switzerland 4.1%
Japan 3.5%
All other countries15.0%
Copper — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Switzerland 45.6%
China 31.8%
India 16.1%
Malaysia 0.9%
Hong Kong SAR, China 0.8%
Germany 0.7%
All other countries4.1%
Wheat — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 99.1%
All other countries0.9%
Milk — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 97.4%
Congo, Dem. Rep. 2.2%
Mozambique 0.2%
All other countries0.2%
Maize — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 91.5%
Tanzania 3.0%
Kenya 2.3%
Uganda 1.0%
Burundi 0.7%
Cote d'Ivoire 0.3%
All other countries1.1%
Rice — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 97.3%
All other countries2.7%
Soybeans — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 92.0%
Zimbabwe 5.3%
Uganda 1.2%
Angola 0.3%
Mozambique 0.2%
Rwanda 0.1%
All other countries1.0%
Sugar — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 68.8%
Congo, Dem. Rep. 29.5%
Zimbabwe 1.1%
Burundi 0.2%
Mozambique 0.1%
Botswana 0.0%
All other countries0.3%
Coffee — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
United States 31.8%
Zambia (at home) 23.4%
Germany 6.7%
India 2.9%
Finland 2.3%
United Arab Emirates 1.4%
All other countries31.4%
Cotton — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Lesotho 64.6%
Zimbabwe 10.1%
Switzerland 9.1%
Mauritius 4.5%
Mozambique 1.5%
Eswatini 0.2%
All other countries10.0%
Livestock — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 98.4%
Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.4%
Zimbabwe 0.4%
Mauritius 0.1%
Botswana 0.1%
Madagascar 0.1%
All other countries0.7%
Timber — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 92.7%
Viet Nam 3.4%
Tanzania 0.5%
Namibia 0.1%
All other countries3.3%
Tobacco (unmanufactured) — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
China 30.3%
Switzerland 15.1%
South Africa 14.8%
Germany 4.5%
Indonesia 4.4%
Poland 3.8%
All other countries27.1%
Wood charcoal — 2024, by value
Consumed in Share
Zambia (at home) 100.0%
All other countries0.0%

The number this page does not show

The harm these supply chains carry is calculated, and not shown.

The model passes the harm counted where a material is produced on to the countries that use it. That is a count of people from a recorded calculation, with no range yet, and nothing of that kind is published before the model passes its test on past years. What this page can show without it is the structure: who produces, who uses, and where harm is recorded along the way.

Sources

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