Indicators of economy in Zambia
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2019 was at about 11.429 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Zambia reached 1.305 US dollars per inhabitant, or 23.31 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Zambia is one of the smaller economies and is currently ranked 111. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Zambia is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 152.Inflation in Zambia was in 2019 at around 9.15%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.
Compared to Germany, the prices for convenience goods are approximately 56.42% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 33 and is compared to other countries bad.
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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2020
Economic performance 2019
Zambia Total | Zambia per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 23.31 bn USD | 1,305.06 USD | 15,626.45 tn USD | 30,381.17 USD |
Gross national product | 25.62 bn USD | 1,434.18 USD | 16,026.52 tn USD | 31,158.99 USD |
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1979 - 2019
Im- and Exports 2019
Zambia Total | Zambia per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 8.04 bn USD | 449.90 USD | 8,073.39 bn USD | 15,696.41 USD |
Exports | 8.26 bn USD | 462.45 USD | 8,622.21 bn USD | 16,763.44 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1979 - 2019
Exports
Imports