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🇿🇲 Zambia
Republic of Zambia
ZMB ZM ZK Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
Every statistic we track for Zambia — 111 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$4,573
56.7 yrs
4.11
0.38
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 72.7% | #72/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 72.7% | #71/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Branches | 2.5 | #147/153 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | 0.9% | #57/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 12.6% | #117/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 71.2% | #21/97 | 2024 |
| Exchange Rate (per US$) | 26.2 | #78/197 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #236/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -4.9% | #144/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 41.2 | #107/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 103 | #103/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 1,831 | #161/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 3,342 | #133/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 4,573 | #163/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 2.6% | #99/184 | 2019 |
| Income per Person | 2,101 | #154/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 2,101 | #154/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 9% | #24/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 5.6 | #112/130 | 2023 |
| Listed Companies | 19 | #64/70 | 2024 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 33.1% | #81/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 69.3% | #3/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | 4.3% | #43/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.1% | #104/191 | 2026 |
| Stock Market Capitalisation | 30.7% | #36/70 | 2024 |
| Stocks Traded | 0.2% | #60/69 | 2024 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 68,469,600,029 | #98/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 4 | #25/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 18.2 | #220/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 14.3 | #70/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 22.5 | #58/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 30.3 | #186/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 346 | #125/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 45.5% | #155/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 51.1% | #197/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 17.1% | #176/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 98.4 | #143/209 | 2022 |
| Read News Online | 27.8% | #54/75 | 2024 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 10.7% | #166/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 2.1 | #146/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 4.8 | #33/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 5.3% | #120/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 32.3% | #146/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 30.9 | #45/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 56.7 | #181/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 63.1 | #170/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 13.3 | #38/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 14.6% | #107/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 37.2% | #6/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 62 | #140/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 82% | #27/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 4.1% | #48/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 8.4 | #96/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 0.5 | #160/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 804 | #103/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 87.5% | #23/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 58.6 | #76/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 18.4 | #26/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 17.1 | #61/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 88.4% | #58/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 38.5% | #96/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 0.3 | #141/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 60.3% | #8/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 12.9% | #28/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 5.5 | #42/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 47.2 | #103/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 2.9 | #124/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 73% | #49/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 4.1 | #133/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 1 | #43/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.1 | #126/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.1 | #43/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.3 | #136/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #85/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 0.9 | #121/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.6 | #154/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Attended a Demonstration | 11.6% | #73/151 | 2017 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 79.2% | #93/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 80.5% | #61/143 | 2018 |
| Signed a Petition | 15.7% | #59/121 | 2017 |
| Trade Union Membership | 16.9% | #33/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in government | 4.8 | #52/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5 | #55/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 3.9 | #45/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 50.9% | #132/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 50.7% | #120/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.5 | #49/153 | 2017 |
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