Zambia's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) was US$970.39 million in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.65% from US$986.65 million in 2013 (0.17% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$970.39 million | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$815.05 million | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$986.65 million | 2013 |
| Highest | US$4.53 billion | 2006 |
| Lowest | US$930,000 | 1960 |
| Average since 2014 | US$786.08 million | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$930,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Zambia's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) rose 25% on 2022 (from US$776.19 million to US$970.39 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +8.5% and a typical year strayed about 42.5% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above 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 948.6% in 1964 and the biggest yearly fall was 89.8% in 1968. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Zambia had the 28th highest value of the 136 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 2023 ranking
What this measures
Grants are transfers made in cash, goods or services for which no repayment is required. For ODA reporting purposes, they also include forgiveness of non-military debt, support to non-governmental organisations, certain interest subsidies, and certain costs incurred in the implementation of aid. Grants to multilateral agencies intended to soften the terms of the latter’s lending are a direct resource outflow and should also be recorded as ODA grants. For OOF reporting purposes, grants for commercial purposes such as subsidies to national private investors, and grants to forgive military debt, are also included. Grant-like flows are assimilated to grants. They comprise a) loans for which the service payments are to be made into an account in the borrowing country and used in the borrowing country for its own benefit, and b) provision of commodities for sale in the recipient’s currency the proceeds of which are used in the recipient country for its own benefit. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 64 values
| Year | Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 970,386,928 |
| 2022 | 776,193,161 |
| 2021 | 855,700,659 |
| 2020 | 773,796,125 |
| 2019 | 674,330,696 |
| 2018 | 815,047,872 |
| 2017 | 878,743,466 |
| 2016 | 705,524,976 |
| 2015 | 612,559,195 |
| 2014 | 798,498,584 |
Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$184.93 million (2023)
- Benin — US$570.54 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$73.02 million (2023)
- Burkina Faso — US$1.13 billion (2023)
- Burundi — US$550.22 million (2023)
- Cabo Verde — US$42.27 million (2023)
- Cameroon — US$623.32 million (2023)
- Central African Republic — US$675.79 million (2023)
- Chad — US$939.04 million (2023)
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — 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$10.2 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$)?
- US$970.39 million in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 104,243% from US$930,000 in 1960 (11.66% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$4.53 billion in 2006 and the lowest US$930,000 in 1960.
- How does Zambia rank?
- 28th highest of 136 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) unusual for Zambia?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.GRT.EXTA.CD.WD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: DAC2A: Aid (ODA) disbursements to countries and regions, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), uri: DSD_DAC2@DF_DAC2A, note: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows, Developm… 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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