International Rankings of Zambia 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	16,571	122	2012
Internet users	816,200	100	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	82,500	146	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	10,525,000	76	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$6,687,000,000	102	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$4,814,000,000	113	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-8.40	103	2013 est.
Central bank discount rate(%)	8.39	22	31 Dec 200
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	12.15	58	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$1,250,000,000	121	2013 est.
Debt - external	$5,985,000,000	112	31 Dec 2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	57.5	9	2010
Exports	$8,547,000,000	100	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	36.20	93	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	26.50	10	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	60.00	100	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-42.90	75	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	19.10	84	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1.00	32	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	19.80	47	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	33.80	49	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	46.50	139	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$22,240,000,000	109	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$1,800	157	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$25,470,000,000	124	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	6.00	23	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	14.50	90	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	47.40	4	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	1.50	33	2010
Imports	$8,216,000,000	109	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	8.00	15	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	7.10	29	2013 est.
Labor force	6,275,000	66	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	85.00	5	2004
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	6.00	106	2004
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	9.00	141	2004
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 4,009,000,000	81	31 Dec 2011
Population below poverty line (%)	60.50	9	2010
Public debt (% of GPD)	31.80	102	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$2,833,000,000	110	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 5,047,000,000	127	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$5,458,000,000	108	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 2,299,000,000	122	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	21.6	124	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	15.00	51	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	2,434,000	144	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	0	75	2010 est.
Crude Oil - imports	12,500	74	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	175	117	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	0	93	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	7,960,000,000	94	2010 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	578,000,000	65	2010
Electricity - from fossil fuels	0.4	146	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	99.6	4	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.0	72	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	23,000,000	102	2011 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	1,679,000	112	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	11,190,000,000	93	2010 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	543.77	158	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	0	110	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	0	54	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	0	76	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	0	95	2011 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	0	99	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	19,260	130	2011 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	254	116	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	1,272	186	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	12,900	102	2010 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	0	193	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	2301	108	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	329	11	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	147	118	2002
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	1.57	95	2002
Irrigated land (sq km)	1,559	81	2003
Land Area - sq km	743,398.00	40	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,664	28	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	4.52	149	2011
Land use - other (%)	95.44	45	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	0.05	169	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	19.69	191	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	752,618.00	39	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	105.20	66	2011
Water Area - sq km	9,220	51	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	2,948,291	66	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	3,041,069	69	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	1,688,670	83	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	1,745,656	81	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	158,805	61	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	158,592	61	2010 est.
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.55	50	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	3,362,850	56	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	3,393,388	57	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	46.20	5	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	1,467,555	67	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	1,465,009	70	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	20.00	24	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	2,072,314	82	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	2,105,768	81	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	28.50	136	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	222,214	112	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	199,098	106	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	2.90	107	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	198,838	113	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	151,471	113	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	2.40	119	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	42.46	4	2014 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	41.00	9	2005 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	1,000,850	29	2005 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	14.90	45	2007
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	40.80	97	2007
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	12.92	20	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	5.10	108	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	19.60	21	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	96.40	7	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	91.30	6	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	49.2	114	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	63.3	104	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	84.8	75	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	50.8	19	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	36.7	21	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	15.2	23	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	1.30	65	2008
Health expenditures	6.10	54	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	12.70	7	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	30,300	14	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	1,106,400	11	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	2.00	55	2010
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	60.94	17	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	72.15	18	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	66.62	17	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	53.48	208	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	50.24	209	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	51.83	203	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	51.80	110	2007 est.
Literacy - male (%)	71.90	99	2007 est.
Literacy - total (%)	61.40	104	2007 est.
Maternal mortality rate	440.00	22	2010
Median age - female (years)	16.80	155	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	16.60	156	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	16.70	152	2014 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	19.20	73	2007 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.72	100	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	3.60	134	2008
Physicians density	0.07	139	2010
Population	14,638,505	71	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	2.88	14	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	33.9	108	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	66.1	47	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	42.8	108	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	57.2	40	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	56.4	102	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	43.6	37	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	13	9	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	14	7	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	14	7	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.01	16	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	23	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.02	24	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.00	18	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.75	37	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.03	13	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.00	22	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	5.76	7	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	0	118	2005
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	0	109	2005
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	23	39	2005
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	4.15	16	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	39.2	134	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	88	59	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	8	71	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	80	40	2013
Pipelines (km)	771	94	2013
Railways (km)	2,922	58	2013
Roadways (km)	67,671	68	NA
Waterways (km)	2,250	36	2010

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