Zambia — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Zambia, 1960–2025.
GDP for Zambia was 28.88 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 29.16 billion in 2022. The lowest was 679.28 million in 1962 (about 42.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.89% per year.
Zambia ranks 117 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 55%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Zambia sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 36%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 16 of 47 economies; Guinea (28.35 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 65% in 1988. That is 18% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 2005. Doubling roughly every 12 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 65th of 111 in 1960 → 67th of 146 in 1970 → 88th of 163 in 1980 → 117th of 192 in 1990 → 130th of 204 in 2000 → 105th of 212 in 2010 → 117th of 210 in 2020 → 115th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28,879,806,220.13 | +14.1% |
| 2024 | 25,303,185,342.25 | -8.2% |
| 2023 | 27,577,956,471.24 | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 29,163,782,140.49 | +32.0% |
| 2021 | 22,096,416,932.01 | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 18,137,764,930.65 | -22.2% |
| 2019 | 23,308,667,781.23 | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 26,311,507,273.67 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 25,873,601,260.84 | +23.5% |
| 2016 | 20,958,412,538.31 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 21,251,216,798.78 | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 27,141,023,558.08 | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 28,037,239,462.71 | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 25,503,060,420.03 | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 23,459,515,275.58 | +15.8% |
| 2010 | 20,265,559,483.85 | +32.2% |
| 2009 | 15,328,342,303.96 | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 17,910,858,637.9 | +27.4% |
| 2007 | 14,056,957,976.26 | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 12,756,858,899.28 | +53.1% |
| 2005 | 8,331,870,169.15 | +33.9% |
| 2004 | 6,221,110,219.46 | +26.9% |
| 2003 | 4,901,869,764.06 | +16.9% |
| 2002 | 4,193,850,445.43 | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,094,441,301.21 | +13.7% |
| 2000 | 3,600,632,111.41 | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 3,404,284,890.53 | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 3,537,741,941.89 | -17.8% |
| 1997 | 4,303,288,479.71 | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 3,597,220,962 | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 3,806,983,413.16 | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 3,656,806,165.79 | +11.7% |
| 1993 | 3,273,505,343.86 | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 3,182,810,841.02 | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 3,376,806,697.12 | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 3,288,381,797.32 | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 3,994,673,161.03 | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 3,728,878,148.81 | +64.6% |
| 1987 | 2,265,250,972.35 | +36.1% |
| 1986 | 1,664,413,508.1 | -26.1% |
| 1985 | 2,252,454,500.15 | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 2,719,518,933 | -18.1% |
| 1983 | 3,321,048,451.15 | -14.2% |
| 1982 | 3,871,117,092.87 | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 4,008,126,497.36 | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 3,884,530,853.76 | +15.8% |
| 1979 | 3,353,445,378.15 | +19.3% |
| 1978 | 2,811,032,472.94 | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 2,515,296,939.61 | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 2,742,859,262.98 | +12.3% |
| 1975 | 2,442,672,140.95 | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 2,910,981,262.1 | +19.6% |
| 1973 | 2,434,255,237 | +30.0% |
| 1972 | 1,872,416,680.08 | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 1,653,259,341.29 | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 1,788,779,285.2 | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 1,926,399,230.21 | +22.4% |
| 1968 | 1,573,739,371.13 | +17.4% |
| 1967 | 1,340,639,464.28 | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 1,238,999,504.9 | +16.8% |
| 1965 | 1,061,199,575.94 | +29.0% |
| 1964 | 822,639,671.27 | +16.8% |
| 1963 | 704,339,718.55 | +3.7% |
| 1962 | 679,279,728.56 | -0.5% |
| 1961 | 682,359,727.33 | -2.3% |
| 1960 | 698,739,720.78 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Zambia’s GDP in 1961?
682,359,727.33 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Zambia’s GDP 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 growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +4033.1% in total — about 5.9% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.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: 28,879,806,220.13; 2024: 25,303,185,342.25; 2023: 27,577,956,471.24; 2022: 29,163,782,140.49; 2021: 22,096,416,932.01. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (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.