Zambia

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Key facts

  • Currency: New Zambian kwacha
  • Capital city: Lusaka
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 743,390 km²
  • Population: 20,017,675
  • Political Leader: Edgar Lungu (President)

Latest news

Turkish aid agency extends support to Zambia with food packages

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-03-27

Zambia agrees deal to restructure nearly $4bn of bonds

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-25

Malawi follows Zambia in declaring drought disaster as El Nino brings hunger to southern Africa

Read: ABC News

2024-03-25

Malawi follows Zambia in declaring drought disaster as El Nino brings hunger to southern Africa

Read: The Star

2024-03-24

Zambia's $13bn debt stand-off an 'indictment' of global system, says president

Read: Financial Times

2024-03-20

Orlando Pride set to sign Barbra Banda in landmark deal to bring high-scoring Zambian striker to NWSL

Read: CBS

2024-03-05

Zambia declares national disaster after drought devastates agriculture

Read: Al Jazeera

2024-02-29

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 71.41 % of GDP
Expense 25.14 % of GDP
GDP 29,163,800,000.00 current US$
Inflation 10.99 annual %
Self-employed 73.02 % of total employment
Tax revenue 16.78 % of GDP
Unemployment 4.37 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 69.24 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 238,390.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 9.67 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 7,607.10 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 96.99 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 3.01 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.00 % of total
Net energy imports 8.29 % of energy use
Fertility rate 4.31 births per woman
Forest area 446,258 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 10.56 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 1,849.42 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 13.20 years
Methane emissions 15,448.80 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 12,363.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 10,140,033
Male Population 9,877,642
Renewable energy consumption 81.84 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 740,140.00 km²
Rural population 10,857,387
Urban land area 2,079.14 km²
Urban population 9,160,288
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.00 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 34.51 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.97 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 53.75 current US$
Health expenditure 5.62 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 2.17 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 2.00 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 61 years
Suicide mortality rate 7.30 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 46.69 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 21.23 % of population
Net migration -5,000
Press freedom 2.15


Politics

Armed forces personnel 16,000
Democracy score 5.61
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 1.19 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 15.06 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 2 days ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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