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Zambia
Zambia is a $28.9B economy (2025), growing 3.8% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 13.9%. 22 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.
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Economy
GDP · 2025
$28.9B
+14.1% vs 2024
#21 of 52Population · 2025
21.9M
+2.8% vs 2024
#22 of 54Data
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print
The Wire
Zambia headlines
- African Bishops Express Concern Over the Arrest of Archbishop Banda
[Agenzia Fides] Lusaka -- "On behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), we wish to express our fraternal solidarity and prayerful closeness to the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB), and in a particular way to His Grace Dr. Alick
AllAfrica·MadagascarZambia
- Zambians Support Parliament's Role but Express Little Confidence in MPs
[Afrobarometer] Few citizens think representatives listen to what ordinary people have to say.
AllAfrica·Zambia
- Msaka to Universities - Start Earning Malawi Dollars to Copy Zambia's Forex Model
[Nyasa Times] Malawi's Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Bright Msaka, has thrown down a bold challenge to the country's universities, demanding they step up and help mobilise desperately needed foreign exchange through their teaching and other services.
- A Lusaka Bag Maker Is Sewing a Bigger Future For Zambia's Youth
[Bird Story Agency] Money saved from selling bracelets helped 25-year-old Brian Hamubotu establish a growing bag-manufacturing business that employs and trains 14 young Zambians. Now he wants a larger workshop and modern machinery to extend those opportunities to thousands more.
AllAfrica·Zambia
- Namibia Join Zambia in U20 Cosafa Cup Semifinals
[Namibian] Namibia completed a perfect Group A campaign at the TotalEnergies CAF under-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Cosafa Qualifier on Tuesday as they defeated Seychelles 3-0 to become the second team to book their place in the semi-finals.
AllAfrica·NamibiaSeychellesZambia
- Zambia Book Semifinal Place As SA Take Control
[Namibian] Zambia became the first team to book their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF under-20 Africa Cup of Nations | Cosafa Qualifier on Monday, while defending champions South Africa took control of Group B with a 2-0 victory over Angola.
AllAfrica·AngolaNamibiaSouth Africa
Capital
World Bank lending to Zambia
1 in the pipeline · 23 active · commitments as published by the Bank.
Source: World Bank Projects & Operations
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