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GDP per capita in Zambia

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Zambia's gdp per capita is $1,318 — #121 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

$1,318

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

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

GDP per capita in Zambia over time

$1,821$1,090$359$1,821 · 2013$359 · 20002000: $3592001: $3972002: $3942003: $4462004: $5492005: $7112006: $1,0522007: $1,1192008: $1,3762009: $1,1362010: $1,4512011: $1,6252012: $1,7102013: $1,8212014: $1,7072015: $1,2962016: $1,2392017: $1,4832018: $1,4642019: $1,2592020: $9522021: $1,1272022: $1,4472023: $1,3312024: $1,1872025: $1,318200020122025$1,318
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#121 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
5 %
6 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ $131
since 2024
Below its peak
$503
peak $1,821 in 2013
Full series
▲ $958
since 2000

In Africa: #15 of 21vs median $13,125: −90 % (worse)

Among 127 countries

37 of 127 countries between $672 and $5,42621 of 127 countries between $5,426 and $10,18011 of 127 countries between $10,180 and $14,9344 of 127 countries between $14,934 and $19,6884 of 127 countries between $19,688 and $24,4428 of 127 countries between $24,442 and $29,1966 of 127 countries between $29,196 and $33,9507 of 127 countries between $33,950 and $38,7044 of 127 countries between $38,704 and $43,4581 of 127 countries between $43,458 and $48,2123 of 127 countries between $48,212 and $52,9665 of 127 countries between $52,966 and $57,7203 of 127 countries between $57,720 and $62,4743 of 127 countries between $62,474 and $67,2282 of 127 countries between $71,982 and $76,7371 of 127 countries between $76,737 and $81,4911 of 127 countries between $86,245 and $90,9991 of 127 countries between $90,999 and $95,7531 of 127 countries between $95,753 and $100,5074 of 127 countries between $110,015 and $114,769median $13,125Zambia: ahead of 5 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp/capitaZambia $1,318$672$114,769
Half of all 127 countries sit between $5,002 and $35,951. Zambia is ahead of 5 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP/capitavs Zambia
119 Myanmar$1,489+$171
120 Tanzania$1,319+$1
121 Zambia$1,318—
122 Nigeria$1,224−$94
123 Rwanda$1,124−$194

GDP per capita in current US dollars at market exchange rates (World Bank). Not comparable with the wage figures on this site, which are converted at purchasing power parity.

How to read this figure

GDP divided by population, in current US dollars converted at market exchange rates (World Bank). A rough prosperity yardstick — it says nothing about distribution, and exchange rates swing it year to year. Do not read it against the wage figures on this site: those are converted at purchasing power parity, which is a different dollar, so the gap between them is partly just the conversion.

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