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Zambia Economic Indicators

Latest economic indicators and statistics for Zambia.

Indicator Current Value Previous Value Frequency Period
GDP $26.33B $27.58B Yearly 2024
GDP Annual Growth Rate 4.04% 5.37% Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita $1,346.28 $1,330.86 Yearly 2024
GDP per Capita PPP $3,716.04 $3,673.48 Yearly 2024
Real GDP $28.7B $27.58B Yearly 2024
Annual Inflation Rate 14.99% 10.88% Yearly 2024
Annual Unemployment Rate 5.96% 5.9% Yearly 2024
Female Labor Force Rate 53.85% 53.93% Yearly 2024
Annual Exports $10.43B $11.64B Yearly 2023
Annual Imports $10.13B $9B Yearly 2023
Exports (% GDP) 40.85% 40.19% Yearly 2023
FDI Inflows (% GDP) 0.31% -0.22% Yearly 2023
Imports (% GDP) 37.4% 29.1% Yearly 2023
Net Trade (Goods & Services, BoP) $599.48M $2.42B Yearly 2023
Tariff Rate 11.5% 11.66% Yearly 2022
Trade (% GDP) 78.24% 69.3% Yearly 2023
Interest Rate 14.5% 14.5% Daily Aug 13, 2025
Private Credit (% GDP) 12.98% 11.36% Yearly 2022
Adult Literacy Rate 87.5% 71.1% Yearly 2020
Gini Index 51.5 points 55.8 points Yearly 2022
Happiness Index 3.91 points 3.5 points Yearly 2024
Population 21.31M 20.72M Yearly 2024
Poverty Rate 71.7% 67.9% Yearly 2022
Primary Enrollment Rate 94.78% 96.25% Yearly 2020
Agricultural Land (%) 32.07% 32.07% Yearly 2022
Annual CO2 Emissions 7.75M tonnes 7.52M tonnes Yearly 2023
Forest Area (%) 59.78% 60.03% Yearly 2022
Corruption Control -0.48 points -0.5 points Yearly 2023
Political stability index 0.2 points 0.16 points Yearly 2023
Infant Mortality Rate 30.9 32.2 Yearly 2023
Life Expectancy 66.35 65.28 Yearly 2023
Physicians per 1,000 people 0.26 0.3 Yearly 2022
Electricity Access 51.1% 47.8% Yearly 2023
Internet Users 33% 32% Yearly 2023
Visitor Arrivals 502,000 1.27M Yearly 2020