International Rankings of Zambia 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	126	88891	0
Internet users - percent of population	198	14.3 %	2018
Internet users - total	113	2.352 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	135	96719	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	144	95.78	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	65	17.221 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	107	6.357 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	113	4.473 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	91	7.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	99	50.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	64	66.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	70	84.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	122	56.9	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	107	25.710 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	75	43 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	43	21 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	140	52.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	90	44.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	37	27.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	43	1.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	91	7.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	40	35.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	110	57 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	5	47.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	36	1.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	43	4.7 %	2017
Labor force	67	6.898 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	29	54.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	108	9.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	132	35.3 %	2017
Population below poverty line	16	54.4	2015
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	106	61.985 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	160	3470 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	131	17.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	138	3.777 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	70	12860	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	92	11.040 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	57	1.176 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	76	5	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	6	93	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	57	2.185 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	108	2.573 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	97	11.550 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	116	23000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	113	371 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	145	10150 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	98	13120 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	125	5.14 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	74	14.1 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	68	24.7 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	112	31.7	2018
Land use - arable land	121	4.8	2018
Land use - forest	16	66.3	2018
Land use - other	179	2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	57	26.9	2018
Revenue from coal	27	0.04 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	14	4.45 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	66	104.800 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	86	1.152 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	98	130.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	100	290.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	14	4.15	2025
Urbanization - urban population	132	45.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	42	743398 sq km	0
Area - total	42	752618 sq km	0
Area - water	69	922040 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	84	2330 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	11	329 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	24	1138 meters	0
Irrigated land	81	1560 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	22	6043.15 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	112	31.7	2018
Land use - arable land	121	4.8	2018
Land use - forest	16	66.3	2018
Land use - other	179	2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	86	0	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	57	26.9	2018
Total renewable water resources	65	104.800 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	30	20.03 %	6561
Age structure - 25-54 years	198	28.96 %	6724
Age structure - 55-64 years	203	3.01 %	0804
Birth rate	15	35.23 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	76	49.6 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	61	4.9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	131	6.24 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	128	4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	7	25.3 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	17	85.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	13	81.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	57	89.5 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	8	49.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	10	32.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	12	10.5 % of population	0
Education expenditures	33	4.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	8	11.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	8	24000	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	6	1.500 million	2020
Hospital bed density	49	2 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	41	34.27 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	42	41.44 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	43	37.91 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	168	67.75 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	166	64.15 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	168	65.92 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	40	213	2017
Median age - female	159	17 years	2020
Median age - male	145	16.7 years	0
Median age - total	147	16.9 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	78	19.2	2018
Net migration rate	68	0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	115	8.1 %	2016
Physicians density	102	1.19 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	64	19.078 million	2021
Population growth rate	10	2.93 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	89	69.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	16	75.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	15	55.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	17	31.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.78 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	15	4.63 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	50	27.6	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	32	24.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	39	26	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	14	4.15	2025
Urbanization - urban population	132	45.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	58	88	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	41	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	36	3	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	70	8	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	21	53	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	37	80	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	47	21	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	41	75.080 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	8904	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	6	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	58	3126 km	2014
Roadways - paved	62	14888 km	2018
Roadways - total	59	67671 km	2018
Waterways	36	2250 km	0

*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 Zambia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.