Zambia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Zambia, 1960–2025.
GDP per capita for Zambia was 1,318 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1,821 in 2013. The lowest was 202 in 1962 (about 6.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.78% per year.
Zambia ranks 187 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,319, so Zambia sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 28% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 25 of 47 economies; Nigeria (1,224) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 60% in 1988. That is 3% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1969. Doubling roughly every 25 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 64th of 111 in 1960 → 71st of 146 in 1970 → 119th of 163 in 1980 → 161st of 192 in 1990 → 180th of 204 in 2000 → 166th of 212 in 2010 → 188th of 210 in 2020 → 165th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,317.88 | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 1,187.11 | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 1,330.73 | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 1,447.12 | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 1,127.16 | +18.4% |
| 2020 | 951.64 | -24.4% |
| 2019 | 1,258.99 | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 1,463.9 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,483.47 | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 1,239.09 | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,295.88 | -24.1% |
| 2014 | 1,707.49 | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 1,820.72 | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 1,710.05 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 1,624.87 | +12.0% |
| 2010 | 1,451.11 | +27.7% |
| 2009 | 1,136.24 | -17.4% |
| 2008 | 1,375.5 | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 1,118.73 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,051.72 | +47.9% |
| 2005 | 710.98 | +29.6% |
| 2004 | 548.69 | +22.9% |
| 2003 | 446.29 | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 393.86 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 396.55 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 359.43 | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 349.52 | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 373.08 | -19.9% |
| 1997 | 465.87 | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 399.51 | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 433.31 | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 426.39 | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 390.92 | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 389.25 | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 423.07 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 422.34 | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 526.36 | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 504.49 | +60.2% |
| 1987 | 315 | +32.2% |
| 1986 | 238.23 | -28.3% |
| 1985 | 332.17 | -19.6% |
| 1984 | 413.27 | -20.6% |
| 1983 | 520.46 | -16.9% |
| 1982 | 626.53 | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 669.89 | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 669.42 | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 595.46 | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 514.33 | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 474.36 | -11.0% |
| 1976 | 533.23 | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 489.51 | -18.6% |
| 1974 | 601.1 | +16.1% |
| 1973 | 517.63 | +26.3% |
| 1972 | 409.78 | +10.1% |
| 1971 | 372.14 | -10.1% |
| 1970 | 413.9 | -9.8% |
| 1969 | 458.98 | +18.6% |
| 1968 | 387.09 | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 340.58 | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 325.03 | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 287.43 | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 229.98 | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 203.22 | +0.5% |
| 1962 | 202.28 | -3.5% |
| 1961 | 209.69 | -5.4% |
| 1960 | 221.56 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Zambia’s GDP per capita in 1961?
209.69 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Zambia’s GDP per capita figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Zambia’s GDP per capita growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +494.8% in total — about 2.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.PCAP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1,317.88; 2024: 1,187.11; 2023: 1,330.73; 2022: 1,447.12; 2021: 1,127.16. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.PCAP.CD — GDP per Capita (Nominal). 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.