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Zambia — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Zambia, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
3.76%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +176.0% since 1961
GDP growth for Zambia was 3.76% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 16.65% in 1965. The lowest was -8.63% in 1994 (about -2.3× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.60% per year.
Zambia ranks 86 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 41%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.61%, so Zambia sits below it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
3.76%
First (1961)
1.36%
Change
+176.0%
Highest
16.65%
in 1965
Lowest
-8.63%
in 1994
Average
3.33%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.60%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.76% |
| 2024 | 3.82% |
| 2023 | 5.37% |
| 2022 | 5.21% |
| 2021 | 6.23% |
| 2020 | -2.79% |
| 2019 | 1.44% |
| 2018 | 4.03% |
| 2017 | 3.53% |
| 2016 | 3.76% |
| 2015 | 2.92% |
| 2014 | 4.69% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.