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

Zambia, with a population of 20,723,965 people, it is ranked at 63º position by population of 196 countries and it has a moderate population density, 28 people per km2.

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

Zambia is holding the 112 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 27,528 millions of euros (29,011 millions of dollars), ( 99.48% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,375 euros per inhabitant$1,449 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 0.569 points in 2022, leaving it in 153th place in the table of 193 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 [+]2023€25,482M
Annual GDP [+]2023$27,578M
GDP per capita [+]2023€1,230
GDP per capita [+]2023$1,331
Debt (M.€.) [+]202227,528
Debt ($M) [+]202229,011
Debt (%GDP) [+]202299.48%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,375
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,449
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-2,164
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-2,281
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-7.82%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20227,804.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20228,225.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022991.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,044.9
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202313.86%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2022694.1
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2022731.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20228.89%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023332.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023359.3
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20234.69%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202228.20%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€390
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$411
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€50
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$52
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€34
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$36
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€16
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$17
S&P Rating [+]10/21/2020SD
Fitch Rating [+]11/18/2020RD
Corruption Index [+]202337
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019120º
Fragile States Index [+]202481.2
RTI Raking [+]202473º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024116º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2023Q44.4%
Unemployed [+]2023Q4361K
NMW [+]2024$0.1
NMW [+]2024€0.1
Human Capital Ranking [+]201780º
Markets
Euro / Zambian kwacha [+]05/16/202530.0555
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/16/202526.8520
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]05/15/202517.52%
Money Market
Key rates [+]02/13/202514.50%
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
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202216.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200816.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202037.5%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2021554,000
Exports [+]2023€9,646.9M
Exports [+]2023$10,431.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202337.86%
Imports [+]2023€9,364.2M
Imports [+]2023$10,125.5M
Imports % GDP [+]202336.75%
Trade balance [+]2023€282.7M
Trade balance [+]2023$328.2M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20231.11%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201590º
Density [+]202328
Global Peace Ranking [+]202457º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201742.2
% Immigrant [+]20200.99%
% Emigrant [+]20201.06%
Birth Rate [+]202333.08‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201720.0
Crude death rate [+]20235.21‰
Fertility Rate [+]20234.10
% risk of poverty [+]202260.0%
Population [+]202320,723,965
Immigrant stock [+]2020187,955
Emigrant stock [+]2020200,700
HDI [+]20220.569
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202492º
Life expectancy [+]202366.35
Suicides [+]20151,038
Suicide rate [+]20156.39
Number of homicides [+]2015853
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20155.20
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20230.40
Consumption GWh [+]202314,399
Generation GWh [+]202319,448
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20244,077
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/2024349,842
Fully vaccinated [+]05/22/20239,213,802
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/2024196.73
Doses administered [+]05/22/202313,454,213