Country
Zambia
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- lower middle income
- Capital
- Lusaka
- ISO code
- ZM · ZMB
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 21.9M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 3,742 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 66.5 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.5 t CO₂
Population
- Population 21.9M 2025 61st of 214
- Population density 29 people/km² 2024 171st of 212
- Population growth 2.77 % per year 2025 19th of 214
- Natural increase 27.9 per 1,000 people 2023 14th of 228
- Net migration 0.3 per 1,000 people 2025 78th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.04 births per woman 2024 25th of 214
- Urban population 45.9 % 2025 157th of 214
- Median age 17.5 years 2023 214th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.0 % 2025 212th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 3.5 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 212th of 214
- Children under 15 41.0 % 2025 18th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 66.5 years 2024 178th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 68.9 years 2024 180th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 64.1 years 2024 178th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.8 years 2024 115th of 214
- Infant mortality 34.6 per 1,000 births 2024 34th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 48.4 per 1,000 births 2024 32nd of 195
- Maternal mortality 85 per 100,000 births 2023 69th of 193
- Health spending per person 80 USD 2023 151st of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 244 $ (PPP) 2023 152nd of 191
- Physicians 0.32 per 1,000 people 2022 137th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.0 per 1,000 people 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 88 % 2024 111th of 191
- Undernourishment 41.0 % 2024 4th of 165
- Tobacco use 14.3 % 2024 105th of 165
- Calorie supply 2,170 kcal per day 2023 167th of 175
- Meat supply 17.6 kg per person per year 2023 147th of 175
Economy
- GDP 28.9B USD 2025 115th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,318 USD 2025 164th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 3,742 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 159th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 3,342 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 133rd of 165
- GDP growth 3.8 % 2025 78th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 0.9 % 2025 137th of 185
- Inflation 13.9 % 2025 12th of 169
- Unemployment 5.9 % 2025 74th of 181
- Youth unemployment 10.5 % 2025 105th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 26.7 % 2024 32nd of 150
- Trade 63 % of GDP 2024 115th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 51.5 2022 6th of 151
- Extreme poverty 71.7 % 2022 6th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 2.8 % of GDP 2024 124th of 187
- Women in the labour force 56.4 % 2025 73rd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.595 2023 153rd of 192
- Literacy rate 71.8 % 2024 94th of 122
- Education spending 3.7 % of GDP 2022 96th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 57 % 2024 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 4 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 82 % 2013 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 15.0 % 2025 144th of 183
- Homicide rate 5.2 per 100,000 people 2015 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 11.6 Mt CO₂ 2024 104th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.5 t CO₂ 2024 158th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.57 t CO₂ 2024 177th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.3 Gt CO₂ 2024 118th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 1.8 t CO₂e 2024 157th of 201
- Forest area 60.5 % of land 2024 31st of 208
- Water stress 3 % 2022 140th of 176
- Arable land 5.1 % of land 2024 137th of 205
- Renewable energy 83.0 % of final energy 2021 11th of 210
- Renewable electricity 87.5 % of electricity 2024 24th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 10.8 % of electricity 2024 51st of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.9 % of electricity 2024 135th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 126 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 161st of 193
- Electricity generation per person 925 kWh 2024 134th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 20.2 µg/m³ 2023 81st of 199
Zambia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldZambian kwacha (ZMW)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, D, G · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- UFO sightings map1 UFO or unexplained case
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)