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International Rankings of Zambia - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 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 0.50 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 132 82317 2020
Internet users - percent of population 102 21.00 % 2021
Internet users - total 108 3.990 million 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 136 96284 2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 60 100.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 63 20.000 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 107 7.044 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget - revenues 114 4.758 billion US Dollars 2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 91 7.30 % of GDP N/A
Current account balance 41 2.531 billion US Dollars 2021
Debt - external 112 11.660 billion US Dollars 2017
Exchange rates 81 20.02 N/A
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 43.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 43 21.00 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 142 52.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 92 44.90 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital 37 27.10 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories 44 1.20 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 91 7.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 40 35.30 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 117 57.00 % of GDP 2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 3 57 % 2015
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% 5 47.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population 2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% 36 1.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population N/A
Imports 127 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
Population below poverty line 17 54 % 2015
Public debt 20 103.70 % of GDP 2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 106 63.030 billion US Dollars 2021
Real GDP growth rate 96 4.60 % 2021
Real GDP per capita 154 3200 US Dollars 2021
Remittances 115 1 2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 123 2.754 billion US Dollars 2021
Taxes and other revenues 119 16.44 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 48 13.03 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 65 25.40 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 41 26.70 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 48 26.10 % 2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 70 3.186 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 130 3.612 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 128 6.798 million 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 - electrification - rural areas 69 15 2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population 65 47 2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas 36 86 2021
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 52 0.50 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 145 13.00 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 14 85.50 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 60 0.90 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 148 11.595 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 70 12400 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 130 25300 bbl/day 2019
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 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 74 14 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 95 17 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 115 32 2018
Land use - arable land 123 5 2018
Land use - forest 17 66 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 58 27 2018
Revenue from forest resources 15 4 % 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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 126 46 2023
Geography
Area - land 41 743398 sq km N/A
Area - total 42 752618 sq km N/A
Area - water 51 9220 sq km N/A
Elevation - highest point 90 2330 meters N/A
Elevation - lowest point 13 329 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 24 1138 meters N/A
Irrigated land 82 1560 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 23 6043 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 115 32 2018
Land use - arable land 123 5 2018
Land use - forest 17 66 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 58 27 2018
Population Density 188 27.19 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 37 1 % of GDP 2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 99 1 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 13 2 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 89 4 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 16 34.50 births/1,000 population 2023
Child marriage - men married by age 18 29 3 2018
Child marriage - women married by age 15 29 5 N/A
Child marriage - women married by age 18 25 29 N/A
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 36 12 % 1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate 74 49.60 % 2018
Current health expenditure 61 6 % of GDP 2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 103 53 % 2023
Death rate 68 6.00 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 153 3.20 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 4 31.60 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 22 81.80 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 17 78.70 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 53 90 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 13 43 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 11 28 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 12 10 % of population N/A
Education expenditures 49 4 % of GDP 2020
Gross reproduction rate 15 2.21 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 35 32.80 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 37 39.70 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 38 36.30 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 121 68 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 121 65 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 123 67 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 71 83 % 2018
Literacy - male 46 91 % N/A
Literacy - total population 60 87 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 56 135.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 165 18 years N/A
Median age - male 157 18 years N/A
Median age - total 151 18 years 2023
Mother's mean age at first birth 81 19 2018
Net migration rate 56 0.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 116 8.10 % 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 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 24 68 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 22 48 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 21 24 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 14 1.02 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 23 1.00 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 30 0.83 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 11 1.03 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 19 1.00 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 18 4.49 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 14 4.15 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 126 46 2023
Transportation
Airports 45 119 2024
Heliports 62 4 2024
Merchant marine - total 140 2 2023
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 6.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 25 3 2020
Railways - narrow gauge 16 3126 2014
Railways - total 37 3126 km 2014
Roadways - paved 47 10150 km N/A
Roadways - total 45 67671 km N/A
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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Zambia 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Zambia 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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