Zambia's net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) was 16.91 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 765.09% from 1.96 billion in 2015 (24.08% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 16.91 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 4.06 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 1.96 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 24.73 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | -50.28 million | 1998 |
| Average since 2016 | 7.44 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | -138,700 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) fell 7.82 billion on 2024 (from 24.73 billion to 16.91 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +824.88 million and a typical year strayed about 3.59 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 19.54 billion in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 7.82 billion in 2025. 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 1.8 billion a year. A straight line explains 55% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Zambia had the 60th highest value of the 130 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
What this measures
Net secondary income (from abroad) comprises transfers of income between residents of the reporting country and the rest of the world that carry no provisions for repayment. Net secondary income is equal to the unrequited transfers of income from nonresidents to residents minus the unrequited transfers from residents to nonresidents. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 46 values
| Year | Net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16,913,326,634 |
| 2024 | 24,733,618,183 |
| 2023 | 5,193,761,960 |
| 2022 | 4,824,992,914 |
| 2021 | 6,034,813,954 |
| 2020 | 4,058,037,987 |
| 2019 | 4,156,388,258 |
| 2018 | 2,885,711,009 |
| 2017 | 3,415,220,898 |
| 2016 | 2,184,766,335 |
Net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — -364.31 billion (2025)
- Benin — 178.36 billion (2025)
- Botswana — 28 billion (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 460.81 billion (2022)
- Burundi — 1.5 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.85 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 571.2 billion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 94.6 billion (2017)
- Chad
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 net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU)?
- 16.91 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1980?
- It is up 12.19 million% from -138,700 in 1980. The highest value was 24.73 billion in 2024 and the lowest -50.28 million in 1998.
- How does Zambia rank?
- 60th highest of 130 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) unusual for Zambia?
- In 2025, Zambia's net secondary income (net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) fell 7.82 billion on 2024 (from 24.73 billion to 16.91 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +824.88 million and a typical year strayed about 3.59 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TRF.NCTR.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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