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Zambia
Zambia's GDP per capita is $1,318, ranked 121st of 127. And its median salary is $330 PPP/mo, ranked 73rd of 79.
Of 13 fields published for Zambia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
30 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$589 PPP/mo
The average employee in Zambia earns about $589 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
4.90 %
100 saved in Zambia in 2000 buys what 5 buys today — 95 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$589 PPP/mo
The average employee in Zambia earns about $589 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$172 PPP/mo
The law in Zambia sets the floor at about $172 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
13.91 %
At 13.9 % a year, prices double in about 5 years if it holds.
Minimum wage
$172 PPP/mo
ranked 83rd of 90
Public holidays
16 days
ranked 12th of 104
Average monthly salary
$589 PPP/mo
ranked 83rd of 93
Where Zambia sits, field by field
Each dot is Zambia’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- GDP per capita$1,318121 of 127
- Median salary$330 PPP/mo73 of 79
- Minimum wage$172 PPP/mo83 of 90
- Money's value4.90 %106 of 116
- Inflation rate13.91 %113 of 126
- Government debt100.60 %112 of 125
- Public holidays16 days12 of 104
- Average monthly salary$589 PPP/mo83 of 93
- Price level30 % of US prices17 of 125
- Corporate tax30.00 %83 of 96
- Debt per person$1,32619 of 124
- GDP growth3.76 %43 of 127
- Unemployment rate5.92 %73 of 124
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Pakistan
avg gap 10.4 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $172 PPP/mo (Zambia) vs $570 PPP/mo
Malawi
avg gap 13.4 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 16 days (Zambia) vs 11 days
Suriname
avg gap 13.4 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: debt per person — $1,326 (Zambia) vs $6,851
Angola
avg gap 14.5 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 100.60 % (Zambia) vs 52.90 %
| Price level | 30 % of US prices | ranked 17th of 125 | |
| Corporate tax | 30.00 % | ranked 83rd of 96 | |
| Debt per person | $1,326 | ranked 19th of 124 | |
| GDP growth | 3.76 % | ranked 43rd of 127 | |
| Unemployment rate | 5.92 % | ranked 73rd of 124 |
✓ 13 fields published for Zambia, every one dated and sourced · 22 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Zambia: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 13 figures
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1133 → 1326 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 86 → 100.6 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 941 → 1133 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 71.4111761686383 → 86 |