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This table lists the international rankings of Zambia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Zambia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	121	16,571	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	155	21.00	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	87	3,164,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	61	1.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	138	116,165	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	116	110,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	77.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	81	11,558,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	113	$5,079,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	120	$3,418,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	93	-8.10	2016 est.
Central bank discount rate (%)	24	9.1	31 Dec 201
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	30	15.70	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	122	-$932,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	112	$9,270,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	9	57.5	2013
Exports	100	$6,609,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	62	43.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	33	21.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	133	53.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	94	-45.70	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	47	26.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	32	1.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	83	9.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	68	29.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	94	61.70	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	108	$22,240,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	153	$3,900	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	102	$65,170,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	41	3.00	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	35	27.00	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	4	47.40	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	35	1.50	2010
Imports	112	$6,752,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	66	0.20	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	7	20.70	2016 est.
Labor force	65	7,116,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	5	85.00	2004
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	104	6.00	2004
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	144	9.00	2004
Market value of publicly traded shares	94	$3,004,000,000	31 Dec 2012 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	9	60.50	2010
Public debt (% of GPD)	66	57.20	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	113	$2,046,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	126	$5,682,000,000	31 Dec 2014 est.
Stock of domestic credit	128	$3,672,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	142	$1,328,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	136	16.6	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	47	15.00	2008 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	111	3,500,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - exports	90	0	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	72	12,120	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	96	0	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	78	0	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	71	11,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	45	1,300,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	158	0.4	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	3	99.6	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	32	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	81	0.0	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	80	13,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	82	2,300,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	72	14,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	117	0	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	56	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	79	0	2013 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	98	0	2013 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	99	0	1 Jan 2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	121	19,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	108	966	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	145	8,490	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	99	12,760	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	199	0	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	108	2301	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	11	329	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	81	1,559	2003
Land Area - sq km	40	743,398.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	23	6,043	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	114	31.70	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	123	4.80	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	17	66.30	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	183	2.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	83	0.00	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	57	26.90	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	24	1,138	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	192	20.86	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	39	752,618.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	66	105.20	2011
Water Area - sq km	51	9,220	NA
Military
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	53	1.55	2012
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	55	3,556,756	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	56	3,590,466	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	5	46.08	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	64	1,552,706	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	66	1,550,183	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	42	20.00	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	81	2,204,823	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	79	2,239,661	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	212	28.65	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	111	240,156	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	110	211,039	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	207	2.91	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	115	206,094	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	114	158,827	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	208	2.35	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	4	41.80	2016 est.
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - percentage (%)	9	41.00	2005 e
Child labor - children ages 5-14 - total number	26	1,000,850	2005 e
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	43	14.90	2007
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	96	40.80	2007
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	16	12.40	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	113	5.70	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	31	17.60	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	8	95.40	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	8	89.70	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	110	51.3	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	97	65.4	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	68	85.6	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	19	48.7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	25	34.6	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	24	14.4	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	65	1.30	2008
Health expenditures	50	6.50	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	7	12.37	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	16	18,900	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	9	1,150,400	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	54	2.00	2010
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	16	57.30	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	17	68.30	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	17	62.90	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	145	54.10	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	151	50.80	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	144	52.50	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	90	56.00	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	90	70.90	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	104	61.40	2007 est.
Maternal mortality rate	22	440	2010
Median age – female (years)	162	16.90	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	154	16.60	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	164	16.70	2016 est.
Mother's mean age at first birth (years)	73	19.20	2007 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	55	0.00	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	134	3.60	2008
Physicians density	138	0.07	2010
Population	70	15,510,711	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	7	2.94	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	118	35.7	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	47	64.3	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	118	43.9	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	41	56.1	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	112	55.6	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	36	44.4	NA
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	16	1.01	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	23	1.00	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	24	1.02	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	34	0.88	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	37	0.76	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	12	1.03	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	20	1.00	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	7	5.67	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	75	16	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	73	15	2012 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	36	23	2005 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	20	4.32	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	136	40.9	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	59	88	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	71	8	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	40	80	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	61	79,092,826	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	162	11,796	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	95	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Pipelines (km)	94	771	2013
Railways (km)	57	3,126	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	76	9,403	2005
Roadways - total (km)	89	40,454	2005
Roadways - unpaved (km)	50	31,051	2005
Waterways (km)	35	2,250	2010

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Zambia on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Zambia contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Zambia should be addressed to the CIA.

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