Zambia
Zambia in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Zambia recorded GDP per capita: 1,318 (2025), ranking 187 of 212 worldwide; Population: 21.91 million (2025), ranking 61 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 66.5 (2024), ranking 181 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 13.91% (2025), ranking 15 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+4033%) and Inflation the largest decrease (-75%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 21.91 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 28,879,806,220.13 | 2025 | +4033.1% |
| GDP per capita | 1,317.88 | 2025 | +494.8% |
| GDP growth | 3.76% | 2025 | +176.0% |
| Population | 21,913,874 | 2025 | +594.9% |
| Population growth | 2.77% | 2025 | -11.5% |
| Urban population | 45.92% | 2025 | +166.6% |
| Inflation | 13.91% | 2025 | -75.1% |
| Life expectancy | 66.53 | 2024 | +31.4% |
| Infant mortality | 34.6 | 2024 | -65.2% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.54 | 2024 | -36.6% |
| GDP (PPP) | 95,966,580,563.31 | 2025 | +710.0% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 4,379.26 | 2025 | +187.8% |
| Labor participation | 61.93% | 2025 | +3.8% |
| Unemployment | 5.92% | 2025 | -68.7% |
| Electricity access | 53.6% | 2024 | +285.6% |
| Internet users | 17.1% | 2024 | — |
| Education spending | 4.07% | 2023 | -7.2% |
| Forest area | 59.52% | 2023 | -6.7% |
| Health spending | 5.98% | 2023 | +45.1% |