Zambia's PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) was 7.56 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 125.68% from 3.35 in 2015 (8.48% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 7.56 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 5.53 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 3.35 | 2015 |
| Highest | 7.56 | 2025 |
| Lowest | 0.00957 | 1990 |
| Average since 2016 | 5.72 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 0.00957 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) rose 0.2 on 2024 (from 7.36 to 7.56).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.24 and a typical year strayed about 0.22 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 0.91 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.06 in 2022. 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 0.44 a year. A straight line explains 97% 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 8.94 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 0.13, against 0.79 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 90th highest value of the 185 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
- Seychelles — 87th of 185: 7.99
- Maldives — 88th of 185: 7.89
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 89th of 185: 7.58
- Moldova — 91st of 185: 7.49
- South Africa — 92nd of 185: 7.42
- Namibia — 93rd of 185: 7.28
What this measures
The purchasing power parity (PPP) conversion factor is a currency conversion factor and a spatial price deflator. PPPs convert different currencies to a common currency and, in the process of conversion, equalize their purchasing power by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries, thereby allowing volume or output comparisons of gross domestic product (GDP) and its expenditure components. This conversion factor is for the level of GDP and the base currency is the US dollar.
Limitations: Global PPP estimates provided by ICP are produced by the ICP Global Office and regional implementing agencies, based on data supplied by the national implementing agencies in the participating economies, and in accordance with the methodology recommended by the ICP Technical Advisory Group and approved by the ICP Governing Board. As such, these results are not produced by participating economies as part of their national official statistics.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a no aggregation provided for this indicator..
All 36 values
| Year | PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.56 |
| 2024 | 7.36 |
| 2023 | 6.59 |
| 2022 | 6.38 |
| 2021 | 6.44 |
| 2020 | 5.53 |
| 2019 | 4.83 |
| 2018 | 4.45 |
| 2017 | 4.16 |
| 2016 | 3.86 |
| 2015 |
PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $) in nearby economies
- Angola — 322.97 (2025)
- Benin — 200.34 (2025)
- Botswana — 5.07 (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 217.41 (2025)
- Burundi — 999.61 (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 46.63 (2025)
- Cameroon — 198.31 (2025)
- Central African Republic — 246.32 (2025)
- Chad — 204.95 (2025)
- Comoros
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — 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)
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Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's PPP conversion factor, GDP (LCU per international $)?
- 7.56 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 78,941% from 0.00957 in 1990 (21% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 7.56 in 2025 and the lowest 0.00957 in 1990.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator PA.NUS.PPP, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Comparison Program (ICP), World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/icp/data, publisher: International Comparison Program, type: International statistical program, date accessed: May 30, 2024, date published: May 30, 2024; The Eurostat PPP Programme, Eurostat (ESTAT),… 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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