Zambia's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) was US$685.37 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 155% from US$268.77 million in 2015 (9.81% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$685.37 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | US$285.16 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | US$268.77 million | 2015 |
| Highest | US$1.04 billion | 2024 |
| Lowest | US$7.5 million | 1985 |
| Average since 2016 | US$464.77 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | US$26.9 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) fell 34.4% on 2024 (from US$1.04 billion to US$685.37 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +57.5% and a typical year strayed about 149% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 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 540.6% in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 68.2% in 1984. 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 US$50.09 million a year. A straight line explains 42% 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 104th highest value of the 132 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Zambia | US$685.37 million | 2025 |
| World | US$1.66 trillion | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$88.1 billion | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | US$361.22 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Zambia in the 2025 ranking
- Panama — 101st of 132: US$891.35 million
- Eswatini — 102nd of 132: US$809.63 million
- Lao PDR — 103rd of 132: US$741.73 million
- Montenegro — 105th of 132: US$642.19 million
- Lesotho — 106th of 132: US$640.56 million
- Gambia, The — 107th of 132: US$608.35 million
What this measures
Secondary income refers to transfers recorded in the balance of payments whenever an economy provides or receives goods, services, income, or financial items without a quid pro quo. All transfers not considered to be capital are current. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 37 values
| Year | Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 685,368,089 |
| 2024 | 1,044,824,996 |
| 2023 | 373,334,115 |
| 2022 | 397,029,151 |
| 2021 | 404,029,184 |
| 2020 | 285,162,437 |
| 2019 | 389,087,695 |
| 2018 | 373,955,352 |
| 2017 | 448,508,095 |
| 2016 | 246,396,896 |
| 2015 |
Secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) in nearby economies
- Angola — US$23.42 million (2025)
- Benin — US$410.58 million (2023)
- Botswana — US$2.15 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — US$1.01 billion (2024)
- Burundi — US$539.23 million (2025)
- Cabo Verde — US$560.39 million (2025)
- Cameroon — US$1.33 billion (2024)
- Comoros — US$358.3 million (2023)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — US$4.23 billion (2025)
- Congo, Rep. — US$17.12 million (2021)
More economic policy & debt data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$) — 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$10.2 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (current LCU) — 256.39 billion (2025)
- Industry, including construction, value added (% of GDP)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$)?
- US$685.37 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is up 2,448% from US$26.9 million in 1978 (7.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.04 billion in 2024 and the lowest US$7.5 million in 1985.
- How does Zambia rank?
- 104th highest of 132 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) unusual for Zambia?
- In 2025, Zambia's secondary income receipts (BoP, current US$) fell 34.4% on 2024 (from US$1.04 billion to US$685.37 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1983 to 2024), the average change was +57.5% and a typical year strayed about 149% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BX.TRF.CURR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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