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Zambia — GDP per capita
GDP per Capita (Nominal) for Zambia, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1,318
GDP per Capita (Nominal) · current US$ · +494.8% since 1960
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1,318
First (1960)
222
Change
+494.8%
Highest
1,821
in 2013
Lowest
202
in 1962
Average
707
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.78%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | current US$ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,317.88 |
| 2024 | 1,187.11 |
| 2023 | 1,330.73 |
| 2022 | 1,447.12 |
| 2021 | 1,127.16 |
| 2020 | 951.64 |
| 2019 | 1,258.99 |
| 2018 | 1,463.9 |
| 2017 | 1,483.47 |
| 2016 | 1,239.09 |
| 2015 | 1,295.88 |
| 2014 | 1,707.49 |
Reading this correctly. Nominal GDP divided by midyear population. A rough proxy for average income; it does not account for income distribution. Figures are in current US$. 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.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.