Zambia's GDP (constant LCU) was 174.76 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 39.81% from 125 billion in 2015 (3.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 174.76 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 137.76 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 125 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 174.76 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 21.78 billion | 1962 |
| Average since 2016 | 148.89 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 22.03 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's GDP (constant LCU) rose 3.8% on 2024 (from 168.43 billion to 174.76 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.1% and a typical year strayed about 2.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 16.6% in 1965 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.6% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.87 billion a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 183.83 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 8.64 billion, against 14.51 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Zambia had the 121st highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Zambia in the 2025 ranking
- Botswana — 118th of 186: 197.22 billion
- Turkmenistan — 119th of 186: 194.32 billion
- Moldova — 120th of 186: 178.51 billion
- Namibia — 122nd of 186: 160.12 billion
- Vanuatu — 123rd of 186: 159.39 billion
- Trinidad and Tobago — 124th of 186: 153.7 billion
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | GDP (constant LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 174,762,000,000 |
| 2024 | 168,432,754,600 |
| 2023 | 162,235,288,300 |
| 2022 | 153,970,253,100 |
| 2021 | 146,343,943,000 |
| 2020 | 137,755,024,600 |
| 2019 | 141,701,489,100 |
| 2018 | 139,688,155,300 |
| 2017 | 134,271,000,000 |
| 2016 | 129,698,025,600 |
| 2015 |
GDP (constant LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 16.86 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 12.24 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 197.22 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 11.2 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 2.5 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 246.11 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 26.49 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 834.82 billion (2025)
- Chad — 10.36 trillion (2025)
- Comoros — 481.46 billion (2025)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 18.51 trillion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — 4.84 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — US$1.19 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU) — 29.79 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP) — 4.11% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current US$) — US$2.53 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (current LCU) — 63.49 billion (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) — 8.75% (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current US$) — US$10.2 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's GDP (constant LCU)?
- 174.76 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 693.18% from 22.03 billion in 1960 (3.24% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 174.76 billion in 2025 and the lowest 21.78 billion in 1962.
- How does Zambia rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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