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International Rankings of Zambia - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 56 0.5 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 132 82317 2020
Internet users - percent of population 102 21 % 2021
Internet users - total 107 3.990 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 60 N/A 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 142 66000 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 60 100 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 61 20.000 million 2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco 59 N/A % of household expenditures 2023
Average household expenditures - on food 95 N/A % of household expenditures 2023
Budget - expenditures 107 7.044 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 114 4.758 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 91 7.3 % of GDP 0
Current account balance 40 2.531 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 110 11.660 billion US Dollars 2017
Exports 99 11.716 billion US Dollars 2021
GDP (official exchange rate) 108 25.710 billion US Dollars 2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 78 43 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 43 21 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 142 52.6 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 92 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 44 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 117 57 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 3 57.1 % 2015
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
Imports 126 7.701 billion US Dollars 2021
Industrial production growth rate 96 4.18 % 2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 15 22.02 % 2021
Labor force 67 8.113 million US Dollars 2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 29 54.8 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 112 9.9 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 137 35.3 % 2017
Population below poverty line 17 54.4 % 2015
Public debt 19 103.7 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 105 63.030 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 96 4.6 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 158 3200 US Dollars 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 123 2.754 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 119 16.44 % of GDP 0
Unemployment rate 48 13.03 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 65 25.4 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 41 26.7 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 26.1 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 70 3.186 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 124 0 metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 130 3.612 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 72 1.176 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 50 39000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 84 99000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 54 1.116 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 64 45.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 86 13.410 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 61 976.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 102 198.000 million kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 106 3.065 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 91 1.811 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access 2 N/A % 2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 52 0.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 145 13 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 17 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 14 85.5 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 34 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 60 0.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 6 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 73 0 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 148 11.595 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 121 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - exports 57 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - imports 88 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - production 97 0 cubic meters 2021
Natural gas - proven reserves 92 0 cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 73 0 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 70 12400 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 89 0 bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 130 25300 bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 106 0 bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 115 371 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 150 10150 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 100 13120 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 126 5.14 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 74 14.1 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 69 24.7 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 115 31.7 2018
Land use - arable land 123 4.8 2018
Land use - forest 17 66.3 2018
Land use - other 183 2 2018
Land use - permanent crops 86 0 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 58 26.9 2018
Revenue from coal 29 0.04 % of GDP 2018
Revenue from forest resources 15 4.45 % of GDP 2018
Total renewable water resources 69 104.800 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 83 1.150 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 82 130.000 million cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 85 290.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 14 4.15 2025
Urbanization - urban population 126 46.3 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually 125 N/A tons 2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually 125 N/A tons 2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled 89 N/A % 2023
Geography
Area - land 43 743398 sq km 0
Area - total 43 752618 sq km 0
Area - water 70 922040 sq km 0
Coastline 190 0 km 0
Elevation - highest point 95 2330 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 13 329 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 24 1138 meters 0
Irrigated land 82 1560 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 23 6043.15 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 115 31.7 2018
Land use - arable land 123 4.8 2018
Land use - forest 17 66.3 2018
Land use - other 183 2 2018
Land use - permanent crops 86 0 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 58 26.9 2018
Military
Military expenditures 41 1.2 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 99 1.26 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 13 2.16 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 109 0.36 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 89 3.82 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 92 0.04 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 17 34.48 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 44 11.8 % 1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate 74 49.6 % 2018
Current health expenditure 61 5.6 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 103 53.3 % 2023
Death rate 140 6.02 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 153 3.2 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 4 31.6 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 22 81.8 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 17 78.7 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 53 90.2 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 13 43.4 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 11 28.4 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 12 9.8 % of population 0
Education expenditures 49 3.7 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 15 2.21 % 2023
Hospital bed density 51 2 beds/1,000 population 0
Infant mortality rate - female 36 32.83 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Infant mortality rate - male 39 39.72 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 39 36.33 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 176 68.36 years 2023
Life expectancy at birth - male 179 64.88 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 176 66.6 years 0
Literacy - female 71 83.1 % 2018
Literacy - male 46 90.6 % 0
Literacy - total population 60 86.7 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 56 135 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 163 17 years 2020
Median age - male 150 16.7 years 0
Median age - total 152 16.9 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 81 19.2 2018
Net migration rate 77 0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 116 8.1 % 2016
Physicians density 103 1.17 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 63 20.216 million 2023
Population growth rate 12 2.86 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 74 76.3 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 24 68.1 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 22 48.3 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 21 23.7 % of population 0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 18 N/A years 2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 15 N/A years 2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 17 N/A years 2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 23 1 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 30 0.83 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 10 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 19 1 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 82 3.7 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 85 25.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 84 14.4 % 2020
Total fertility rate 19 4.49 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 14 4.15 2025
Urbanization - urban population 126 46.3 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 65 25.4 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 41 26.7 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 26.1 0
Transportation
Airports 59 88 2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports 18 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports 1 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports 14 N/A 2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports 22 N/A 2023
Airports - with unpaved runways 39 801000 3280
Heliports 26 N/A 2023
Merchant marine - total 142 2 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 62 75.080 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 155 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 33 N/A km 2023
Roadways - paved 64 14888 km 2018
Roadways - total 65 67671 km 2018
Waterways 40 2250 km 2010

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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