🇿🇲Zambia: All Indicators

Arable land (% of land area) 2023 5.11 Arable land (hectares per person) 2023 0.18 Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Rural land area (sq. km) 2015 740,140.22 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 0.00 Surface area (sq. km) 2023 752,610.00 Urban land area (sq. km) 2015 2,079.14 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area) 2015 0.00 Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km) 2015 0.00

Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI) 2021 1.77 Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI) 2021 19.78 Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) 2021 3.56 Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI) 2021 0.02 Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI) 2021 21.02 Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) 2024 2.83 Coal rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.23 Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2024 34.98 Forest rents (% of GDP) 2021 6.78 GDP (constant 2015 US$) 2024 28.63B GDP (current US$) 2024 25.30B GDP growth (annual %) 2024 3.82 GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) 2024 1,343.39 GDP per capita (current US$) 2024 1,187.11 GDP per capita growth (annual %) 2024 0.94 GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 3,708.07 GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 4,214.89 GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $) 2024 79.04B GDP, PPP (current international $) 2024 89.84B GNI (current US$) 2024 23.13B GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 1,220.00 GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) 2024 3,850.00 GNI, Atlas method (current US$) 2024 25.93B GNI, PPP (current international $) 2024 82.11B Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) 2024 27.55 Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) 2024 35.25 Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %) 2024 14.41 Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) 2024 14.99 Mineral rents (% of GDP) 2021 28.25 Natural gas rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Oil rents (% of GDP) 2021 0.00 Services, value added (% of GDP) 2024 57.19 Total natural resources rents (% of GDP) 2021 35.26 Trade (% of GDP) 2024 62.53

Compulsory education, duration (years) 2025 7.00 Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) 2023 4.07 Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) 2024 71.77 Preprimary education, duration (years) 2025 4.00 Primary education, duration (years) 2025 7.00 School enrollment, primary (% gross) 2024 115.55 School enrollment, secondary (% gross) 2024 56.79 Secondary education, duration (years) 2025 5.00

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) 2023 9.20 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) 2023 2.30 Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) 2023 16.80 Access to electricity (% of population) 2023 51.10 Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) 2023 17.60 Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) 2023 89.90 Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) 2023 726.74 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) 2021 1.34 Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) 2021 237.97M Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) 2021 92.00

Bird species, threatened 2022 22.00 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 282.12 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 11.57 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 0.54 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.47 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 3.25 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.30 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 3.69 Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 2.59 Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) 2023 -33.66 Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 2024 0.40 Fish species, threatened 2022 26.00 Mammal species, threatened 2022 13.00 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 181.42 Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 18.28 Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 6.39 Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 2.21 Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 8.56 Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.05 Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.00 Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.02 Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 1.04 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 36.72 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 8.67 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2024 4.28 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.25 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.10 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.04 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 2024 3.23 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.59 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.03 Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 2024 0.16 PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 2020 24.31 PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 2017 100.00 Plant species (higher), threatened 2022 57.00 Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 2023 27.88 Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00 Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00 Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 2025 41.30 Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 2025 41.30 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) 2024 142.81 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 2024 38.52 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 2024 1.81 Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 2015 0.00

Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 2024 115.48 Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 2024 76.69 Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 2024 3.44 Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 2024 73.25 Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 2024 983.00 Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 32.72 Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 2021 58.84 Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 2021 7.37 Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 2021 31.19 Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 2021 2.60 Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 2023 5.98 Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 2024 5.17 Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 2024 10.30 Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 2024 4.04 Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2010 2.00 Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 91.00 Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 2024 91.00 Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 2024 88.00 International migrant stock (% of population) 2024 1.20 International migrant stock, total 2024 249,205.00 Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 2024 68.87 Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 2024 64.10 Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 2024 66.53 Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 2023 0.36 Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 2023 277.00 Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 2023 85.00 Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 2019 20.50 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 2021 23.60 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 2021 21.60 Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 2021 26.00 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 2019 174.00 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 2019 141.50 Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 2019 217.90 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 2021 1.18 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 1.02 Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 1.35 Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 2019 35.80 Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 2024 153.35 Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 2024 230.62 Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 2024 34.60 Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 31.00 Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 38.10 Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2024 21.40 Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 2024 48.40 Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 2024 43.70 Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 2024 52.90 Net migration 2025 6,562.00 Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 2024 1,879.00 Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2024 2,400.00 Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2024 2,856.00 Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2024 3,406.00 Number of infant deaths 2024 23,802.00 Number of maternal deaths 2023 590.00 Number of neonatal deaths 2024 14,944.00 Number of under-five deaths 2024 32,949.00 People practicing open defecation (% of population) 2024 2.05 People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 2024 73.41 People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 2024 37.48 Physicians (per 1,000 people) 2022 0.32 Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 2024 41.46 Population ages 0-14, female 2024 4.42M Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 2024 41.05 Population ages 0-14, male 2024 4.42M Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 2024 41.87 Population ages 0-14, total 2024 8.84M Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 2024 56.60 Population ages 15-64, female 2024 6.10M Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 2024 56.64 Population ages 15-64, male 2024 5.97M Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 2024 56.55 Population ages 15-64, total 2024 12.06M Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 2024 1.95 Population ages 65 and above, female 2024 248,172.00 Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 2024 2.31 Population ages 65 and above, male 2024 166,778.00 Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 2024 1.58 Population ages 65 and above, total 2024 414,950.00 Population growth (annual %) 2024 2.81 Population, female 2024 10.76M Population, female (% of total population) 2024 50.50 Population, male 2024 10.55M Population, male (% of total population) 2024 49.50 Population, total 2024 21.31M Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 2019 55.10 Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 26.20 Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 2023 36.70 Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 2023 27.10 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 2024 3.50 Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 2024 5.00 Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 2024 5.80 Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 2024 7.10 Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2025 14.97 Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 2024 337.00 Rural population 2024 11.62M Rural population (% of total population) 2024 54.53 Rural population growth (annual %) 2024 2.00 Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 2024 1.01 Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 2021 7.13 Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 2021 3.09 Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 2021 11.25 Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 2024 73.83 Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 2024 63.83 Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 2020 3.62 Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 2020 1.38 Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 2020 5.96 UHC service coverage index 2023 62.00 Urban population 2024 9.69M Urban population (% of total population) 2024 45.47 Urban population growth (annual %) 2024 3.79

Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 54.53 Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 57.99 Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 51.55 Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 56.43 Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 67.63 Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 2025 5.92

Gini index 2022 51.50 Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) 2022 60.00

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) 2021 71.41 Military expenditure (% of GDP) 2024 1.33

Individuals using the Internet (% of population) 2024 17.10 Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) 2024 108.70 Scientific and technical journal articles 2022 344.27 Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) 2024 80.51

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 2024 9.32 Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$) 2024 2.36B High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports) 2024 1.47 Merchandise exports (current US$) 2024 11.20B Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 10.43B Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.41 Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 50.96 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 18.14 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.05 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.04 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 0.01 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 1.26 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 29.54 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 19.50 Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) 2023 29.54 Merchandise imports (current US$) 2024 11.19B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) 2023 10.12B Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.00 Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 16.21 Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 37.56 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 18.06 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.48 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.41 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 0.26 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 5.74 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 37.49 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 24.96 Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) 2023 37.49 Merchandise trade (% of GDP) 2024 88.49 Net ODA received (% of GNI) 2023 5.49 Personal remittances, paid (current US$) 2024 118.80M Real interest rate (%) 2020 -3.89