Sub-Saharan Africa · Lower middle income · ZMB
Zambia
19,855 datasets on Zambia from ILO, World Bank, fao, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, WHO, IMF, Ember, Eurostat, OECD, IMF Financial Access Survey, UCDP, UNHCR, IATI, each with its publisher, unit and history.
Headline figures
GDP (current US$)
28.88B
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP per capita (current US$)
1317.88
current USD · 2025 · World Bank
GDP growth (annual %)
3.76
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
13.91
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Population, total
21.91M
people · 2025 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth (years)
66.53
years · 2024 · World Bank
Mortality rate, under-5
48.40
per 1,000 live births · 2024 · World Bank
Unemployment, total (% of labor force)
5.92
percent · 2025 · World Bank
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day
71.70
percent · 2022 · World Bank
Access to electricity
53.60
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Individuals using the Internet
17.10
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Primary completion rate, total
81.83
percent · 2013 · World Bank
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
34.98
percent · 2024 · World Bank
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
71.41
percent · 2021 · World Bank
Current health expenditure
5.98
percent · 2023 · World Bank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita
0.54
t CO2e per capita · 2024 · World Bank
By topic
Sources
- ILO8,852 series
- World Bank4,576 series
- fao3,953 series
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics2,101 series
- WHO175 series
- IMF107 series
- Ember38 series
- Eurostat30 series
- OECD6 series
- IMF Financial Access Survey5 series
- UCDP5 series
- UNHCR4 series
- IATI3 series
The full brief for Zambia, with rankings against its peers, publisher disagreements and development finance by funder and project, is on the Interva desk.