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REPORTING ECONOMY · ZMB

Zambia, in context.

Annual data for Zambia. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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ZM Zambia2025

GDP per capita

$1.4Kconstant 2015 US$ per person
+0.9% year over year
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ZM Zambia2023

Electricity consumption

726.7kilowatt-hours per person
+3.1% year over year
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ZM Zambia2025

Population

21.9Mpeople
+2.8% year over year
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ZM Zambia2025

Total GDP

$29.7Bconstant 2015 US$
+3.8% year over year
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ZM Zambia2024

Life expectancy

66.5years at birth
+0.3% year over year
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ZM Zambia2025

Employment ratio

58.3%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.0 pp year over year
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ZM Zambia2025

Unemployment

5.9%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.0 pp year over year
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ZM Zambia2025

Inflation

13.9%annual change in consumer prices (%)
-1.1 pp year over year
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The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.zambia
World Bank reporting code
ZMB
Geographic region
Africa · Eastern Africa
Classification
UN M49 geographic classification · M49 894
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area, classified in Eastern Africa by UN M49. Statistical grouping does not assert sovereignty.

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