Zambia's flag    Zambia

Official language: English
Currency: Zambian Kwacha
Capital City: Lusaka
Area: 752612km2
Subregional membership(s): Southern Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs, Mineral-rich countries

18920.7K
2021

Mid-year population
25.9B
2017

GDP at current prices, USD

Under five mortality rate
98.7
2017

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Annual rate of change of the migrant stock (%)-30.4884.60
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)37.5637.0836.4835.7635.1634.8034.6834.5634.44
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)51.8451.8452.2052.2052.20
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)744.5759.0771.6782.0790.6797.4802.7806.9810.1
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)688.4700.0709.2716.4721.9726.4730.2733.6736.6
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)717.0730.0740.9749.5756.5762.1766.7770.3773.5
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)56.2856.28
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)68.6458.92
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)98.5284.00
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)120.12113.28
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)133.68131.76
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)129.48132.36
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)116.40120.48
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)99.84104.64
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)84.2488.68
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)51.9652.08
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)67.5671.88
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)54.8457.48
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)44.6446.08
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)73.8081.96
Population - Female (%)606.72606.48606.24606.12606.00605.88605.88605.76
Population - Female (thousands)90,56493,39396,26699,176102,130105,137108,214111,371114,611
Population - Male (%)593.28593.52593.76593.88594.00594.12594.12594.24
Population - Male (thousands)88,55591,40594,28697,185100,113103,083106,119109,236112,437
Population - Total (thousands)179,119184,797190,552196,361202,243208,220214,332220,607227,048
Population - Urban (%)490.80496.80502.80508.80516.00522.00529.20535.20
Population - Urban (%)490.80496.80502.80508.80516.00
Population - Urban (thousands)74,30477,56880,96484,49288,152
Total fertility rate (per woman)61.660.459.057.756.655.654.754.053.3
Health
World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)1,1521,152
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)960.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)585.60580.80573.60
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)528.00528.00528.00
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)671.52
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)850.68
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)760.56
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)1,2321,2561,2191,1951,199
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)1,2241,2501,2161,1721,170
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)1,2281,2531,2181,1831,185
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)789.12
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)79.279.2
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)1,046
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)1,025
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)1,035
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)18,412,56019,249,48819,217,46019,288,99219,807,464
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)18,489,37219,364,97619,371,21619,149,64819,610,628
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)36,901,93238,614,46438,588,67638,438,64039,418,092
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)575.4492.6512.9519.8504.7
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)12.012.012.212.2
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)10.32
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)88.1
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)88.1
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)88.1
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)22.0
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current USD (billions)336.5325.8254.9251.4310.4
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)1,8162,0052,2012,5932,955
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=1001,4561,5701,7282,0372,1712,3342,5482,949
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)83.7693.72121.32214.4478.9689.88109.80
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year85.6894.32253.3289.6473.0894.32140.64230.76
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period83.7693.72121.32214.4478.9689.88109.80188.76
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period85.6894.32253.3290.0069.6083.88117.60196.20213.00177.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)85.6894.32253.3290.0069.6083.88117.60196.20213.00
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)1,6211,7482,1182,2762,408
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)130,152128,628135,240141,024147,240
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)130,152
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)00000
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)2284,9204,8488,0408,208
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)384
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)159,372168,504156,420132,588133,944
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)159,360
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)31.563636.2436.48
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)4,8658,04023,84442,28843,178
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)9,4329,74410,90811,22011,544
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)24,96029,42430,03630,876
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)24.529.428.933.934.834.835.8
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)159,632173,460161,304162,984164,724
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)159,816
Tourism
World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)4,2844,5364,8005,076
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)57.1269.696.36110.4
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)6,6247,7047,9208,1967,8368,904
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)10,98011,364
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)10,98011,36411,18411,47212,996
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)505.7511.8514.1387.4389.8395.7
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)50.5256.0456.7663.60
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)72.3680.5280.8887.60
Transport

Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Total length of railways (kilometre)14,97614,976
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)9.368.888.767.447.206.966.48
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)184.80228.00252.00306.12334.20171.60
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)124,749,612121,378,404138,692,700144,204,408161,262,468206,647,284
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)835.80788.16873.36881.28956.881,0701,157
International trade
International Road Federation, World Bank
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Deposit rate (%) (%)77.8894.56107.88
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)64.8073.80103.56
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)64.8073.80103.56123.72114.24125.52154.68
Interest rate - Lending (%)114.24138.84159.00
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)34.244.480.5118.7217.7
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-209.9-158.0-224.2-278.6-353.6-568.1-486.1-417.6
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - current USD (millions)13,74311,9739,56611,57412,282
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)906.96766.44594.12697.56718.44
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)325.08433.68786.60727.80756.12927.961,1341,4131,4251,554
Balance of payments
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)3.30.61.00.70.70.8
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)-346.8-346.8
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-7.0825.20-46.92-53.52-39.12
Current account balance - current USD (millions)-1,937.8-4,647.9-9,211.8-11,447.5-12,076.4-8,490.7
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)-538.3-566.2
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)858.7-4,602.1
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)25,19817,86515,6587,95513,095
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)148,106178,688173,613179,236
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)4,914-20,473.61,5292,121-1,787.0
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)31,55411,08012,60913,052
Portfolio Investment (Net) - current USD (millions)-1,157.9-14,466.2
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)-13,839.2-18,198.7-4,188.8-7,847.5-12,834.5-9,194.3
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)4,8243,5692,7192,5434,3063,311
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-12,698.6-9,522.3-6,850.7-6,098.2-7,917.0-8,774.3
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)7.20
Trade balance - current USD (millions)19,77619,504-891.1-44.54,3696,167
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)66.772.0
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)60.00
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)784.80
Land area covered by forest (%)