Zambia Zambia

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Zambia, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 752,610 Km2.

Zambia, with a population of 19,473,125 people, it is ranked at 65º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 26 people per km2.

It's capital is Lusaka and its currency is Zambian kwacha

Zambia is holding the 108 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 27,795 millions of euros (29,293 millions of dollars), ( 98.49% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,427 euros per inhabitant$1,504 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Zambia, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.565 points in 2021, leaving it in 154th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Zambia are business, you must know it's in the 85th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Zambia, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Lusaka: Monthly Temp.
Zambia Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€27,685M
Annual GDP [+]2022$29,164M
GDP per capita [+]2022€1,422
GDP per capita [+]2022$1,498
Debt (M.€.) [+]202227,795
Debt ($M) [+]202229,293
Debt (%GDP) [+]202298.49%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,427
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,504
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-2,161
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-2,278
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-7.66%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20227,793.6
Expenditure ($M) [+]20228,213.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020587.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020670.5
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.51%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017395.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017446.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20176.86%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022328.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022346.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.96%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202227.62%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€400
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$422
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€31
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$35
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€23
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$26
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€17
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$18
S&P Rating [+]10/21/2020SD
Fitch Rating [+]11/18/2020RD
Corruption Index [+]202233
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019120º
Fragile States Index [+]201887.2
Innovation Ranking [+]2018120º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2022Q43.9%
Unemployed [+]2022Q4266K
NMW [+]2022$62.0
NMW [+]2022€0.1
Human Capital Ranking [+]201780º
Markets
Euro / Zambian kwacha [+]03/18/202427.7095
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/202425.4402
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/15/202469.74%
Money Market
Key rates [+]02/14/202412.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]202085º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 20191,094
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190.18
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]201522.77
Taxes
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200816.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202037.5%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,266,000
Exports [+]2021€9,384.9M
Exports [+]2021$11,099.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202150.15%
Imports [+]2021€5,998.2M
Imports [+]2021$7,094.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202132.05%
Trade balance [+]2021€3,386.7M
Trade balance [+]2021$4,005.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]202118.10%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201590º
Density [+]202126
Global Peace Ranking [+]202363º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201742.2
% Immigrant [+]20200.99%
% Emigrant [+]20201.06%
Birth Rate [+]202134.51‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201720.0
Crude death rate [+]20216.97‰
Fertility Rate [+]20214.31
% risk of poverty [+]201554.4%
Population [+]202119,473,125
Immigrant stock [+]2020187,955
Emigrant stock [+]2020200,700
HDI [+]20210.565
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202385º
Life expectancy [+]202161.22
Suicides [+]20151,038
Suicide rate [+]20156.39
Number of homicides [+]2015853
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20155.25
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.36
Consumption GWh [+]202114,321
Generation GWh [+]202117,714
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20244,069
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024349,304
Fully vaccinated [+]05/22/20239,213,802
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024208.95
Doses administered [+]05/22/202313,454,213