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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)
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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 | 4.22 % 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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago