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GDP growth in Zambia

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Zambia's gdp growth is 3.76 % — #43 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

3.76%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Zambia over time

10.30 %3.76 %-2.79 %10.30 % · 2010-2.79 % · 20202000: 3.90 %2001: 5.32 %2002: 4.51 %2003: 6.94 %2004: 7.03 %2005: 7.24 %2006: 7.90 %2007: 8.35 %2008: 7.77 %2009: 9.22 %2010: 10.30 %2011: 5.57 %2012: 7.60 %2013: 5.06 %2014: 4.69 %2015: 2.92 %2016: 3.76 %2017: 3.53 %2018: 4.03 %2019: 1.44 %2020: -2.79 %2021: 6.23 %2022: 5.21 %2023: 5.37 %2024: 3.82 %2025: 3.76 %2000201220253.76 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#43 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
66 %
84 of 127 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.06 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.54 pp
peak 10.30 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 0.14 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #12 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +0.86 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Zambia: ahead of 66 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthZambia 3.76 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Zambia is ahead of 66 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Zambia
41 Algeria3.82 %+0.06 pp
42 Cyprus3.77 %+0.02 pp
43 Zambia3.76 %—
44 Honduras3.75 %−0.01 pp
45 Ecuador3.73 %−0.03 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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