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Zambia

Zambia reports more, and more often, than most of the continent. Nine of ten datasets here reach 2025; one stops earlier, and this page shows where.

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Where Zambia ranks in 2024, of 53 · change since 2014
21stGDP$25.3bn3
20thMobile109 per 10016
46thInternet use17.1%12
Last updated 1 Oct 2026 · World Bank · IMF · UNHCR
TanzaniaDemocratic Republic of the CongoZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaMalawiMozambiqueAngolaLusakaKitwe
Eight land borders, no coast. Hover a neighbour to compare.
CapitalLusakaLanguagesEnglishCurrencyZambian kwacha · ZMWArea752,612 km²

At a glance

21.9 million people, half of them under 18, in an economy of $41.2bn in 2026, growing 4.3% a year.

Zambia’s economy is measured monthly and its households are measured by census. That split runs through everything below: exchange rates and market prices arrive within days, while access to water and power is estimated years after the fact.

One of the four figures beside this is modelled rather than reported. The page marks which is which everywhere, so a number you cite is a number you can defend.

How current the record is
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Current to 2025To 2024
Population21.9mpeople · Reported · 2025
Median age18.2years · Modelled · 2026
GDP per capita$1,831current US$ · Reported · 2026
Internet use17.1%of population · Reported · 2024
Coverage — ten datasets, ten years

Nine of ten datasets carry a 2025 figure. Climate stops at 2024. Hatching is the absence of a figure, not a low one.

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FX rates
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ReportedModelledNo figure
/v1/data?country_code=zm
Goods trade balanceExports and imports, US$ billions
05101520142024ImportsExports
Exports have run ahead of imports over the decade; the band is the surplus.World BankSources →
Where exports goTop destinations, 2024
Switzerland$4.80bnChina$2.34bnDemocratic Republic of the Congo$1.20bn
Switzerland takes more of Zambia’s goods than China and Democratic Republic of the Congo combined.Trade partners recordSources →
Where imports come fromTop origins, 2024
South Africa$2.89bnChina$1.92bnUAE$0.61bn
South Africa alone supplies more than China and UAE together.Trade partners recordSources →
GDP per capitaCurrent US$, not inflation-adjusted
0$1k$2k20142024$1,187
Reported every year, including the 2024 dip in dollar terms.IMFSources →
InflationAnnual change in consumer prices
0%10%20%2014202415.0%
15.0% in 2024; the decade’s peak was 22.0% in 2021.World Bank GEMSources →
Remittances receivedUS$ billions, current prices
00.20.420142024$0.33bn
5.7 times the 2014 figure.World BankSources →
Goods exports by value2024 · top categories
Copper$7.59bnOres$0.48bnSalt & stone$0.33bn
Copper alone is 90% of the recorded top categories; services are excluded here.Trade products recordSources →
Public debtGross central government debt, share of GDP
0%100%200%20142024125.2%
Up 91 points since 2014.IMFSources →
Kwacha per US dollarAnnual average exchange rate
015302014202426.2
Lost 23% of its dollar value in 2024.World Bank GEMSources →
Access to electricityShare of population with a connection
0501002014202453.6%
Up 26 points in a decade — the fastest-moving service in the record.World BankSources →
Under-five mortalityDeaths before age five, per 1,000 live births
4060802014202448.4
Falling steadily; modelled between census years.WHOSources →
Life expectancy at birthYears
5065802014202466.5 yrs
The 2021 dip is the pandemic, in vermilion.World BankSources →
Mobile subscriptionsPer 100 people · 100 marks parity
05010020142024109
More subscriptions than people since 2020.World BankSources →
Urban populationShare living in urban areas
30%40%50%2014202445.5%
Reported every year the record allows.World BankSources →
Who holds powerEight heads of state since 1964, and every office beneath the current one as the record holds it
/v1/government/overview/zm
19642026
The executive as of
Oct 2026Where it stands

Hakainde Hichilema has held the office of President of Zambia since Aug 2021. The record holds 23 current ministers.

ElectedAppointed
Hakainde HichilemaHakainde HichilemaPresident of Zambiain office since Aug 2021
Mutale NalumangoMutale NalumangoVice President of Zambiain office since Aug 2021
No third seatno second office is recorded for this date
23 seats confirmed current · 24 recorded for 2025
23Ministersone per portfolio · as the record holds them for this date
Foreign AffairsAttorney GeneralHealthDefence MinisterFinance MinisterMinister - AgricultureMinister - Commerce, Trade and IndustryMinister - Community Development and Social WelfareMinister - EnergyMinister - Fisheries and LivestockMinister - General EducationMinister - Green Economy and EnvironmentMinister - Home AffairsMinister - Infrastructure, Housing Urban and DevelopmentMinister - Labour and Social SecurityMinister - Lands and Natural ResourcesMinister - Local Government and Rural DevelopmentMinister - Mines and Minerals DevelopmentMinister - Small and Medium Enterprises DevelopmentMinister - TourismMinister - Transport and LogisticsMinister - Water Development and SanitationMinister - Youth, Sport and Arts
—Junior ministersjunior ministers for this date are not in the record
No ministers of state, delegates or deputy ministers are in the record for this date — hatching marks what we do not hold.
Outside the chain
—No subnational recordgovernors and provincial offices are not held

The record follows the national executive only. Governors, provincial administrators and other offices outside this chain are not held for Zambia.

Read this first Coverage varies by country and institution. Recorded offices are not a complete government roster. Marked current is a source claim. Missing dates are shown as uncertain. Office groups are classifications. Connections are recorded Wikidata relationships, not verified reporting lines.

Wikidata · offices, terms and their dates as the record classifies them · structure as of 18 Oct 2026 · Portraits: Wikimedia Commons, licences per imageAll offices and people →Data and sources →
Zambia
The whole table

Seven measures, with the year each one was taken

Reporting periods differ by source
IndicatorLatestYear2014ChangeCertaintySource
Access to electricity53.6%202427.9%+25.7 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Clean cooking fuel10.0%202415.0%−5.0 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Under-five mortality48.4202462.6−14.2 per 1,000ModelledWHO
Life expectancy at birth66.5 yrs202460.1 yrs+6.4 yrsReportedWorld Bank
Urban population45.9%202541.6%+4.4 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Internet use17.1%20246.5%+10.6 ptsReportedWorld Bank
Mobile subscriptions109 / 100202464 / 100+45ReportedWorld Bank

Every indicator we hold for Zambia

165 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Zambia. Each opens its own page with the full history, the source and the API request.

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How Zambia ranks across Africa

Zambia's position on 164 indicators, among the countries with a recent figure for each. A higher place means a higher value, not a better result. Each links to the full ranking.

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Compare Zambia with other African countries

The record for every other African country, by region, and side-by-side comparisons where we publish them.

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Sources, method & citation

Every figure on this page is traceable to a named publication and a retrieval date. Where we model a value we say so; where no one has reported, we leave it empty.

Upstream sources
World Bank2025
IMF2026
UNHCR2025
World Bank GEM2026
Sources & methods
Cite this page

Africa API (2026) — “Zambia: country record”. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026.

Free to use under CC BY 4.0. Each upstream source keeps its own licence.
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