Zambia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) was 25.61 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 171.65% from 9.43 billion in 2015 (10.51% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25.61 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 10.46 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 9.43 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 32.58 billion | 2023 |
| Lowest | 64,000 | 1965 |
| Average since 2016 | 21.98 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 64,000 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Zambia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) fell 18.2% on 2024 (from 31.33 billion to 25.61 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +19.4% and a typical year strayed about 24.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 202.8% in 1989 and the biggest yearly fall was 54.1% in 2020. 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 1.99 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 101st highest value of the 150 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
Taxes less subsidies on products are taxes payable per unit of a good or service. 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 61 values
| Year | Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 25,610,000,000 |
| 2024 | 31,326,409,000 |
| 2023 | 32,582,270,000 |
| 2022 | 30,070,547,900 |
| 2021 | 18,712,060,200 |
| 2020 | 10,460,505,800 |
| 2019 | 22,814,528,300 |
| 2018 | 21,818,618,400 |
| 2017 | 16,197,739,800 |
| 2016 | 10,182,300,500 |
Taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Angola — 1.11 trillion (2025)
- Benin — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Botswana — 15.36 billion (2025)
- Burkina Faso — 1.36 trillion (2025)
- Burundi — 1.63 trillion (2025)
- Cabo Verde — 48.82 billion (2025)
- Cameroon — 2.44 trillion (2025)
- Central African Republic — 209.12 billion (2025)
- Chad — 380.05 billion (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)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Zambia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU)?
- 25.61 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1965?
- It is up 40.02 million% from 64,000 in 1965 (23.99% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 32.58 billion in 2023 and the lowest 64,000 in 1965.
- How does Zambia rank?
- 101st highest of 150 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) unusual for Zambia?
- In 2025, Zambia's taxes less subsidies on products (current LCU) fell 18.2% on 2024 (from 31.33 billion to 25.61 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +19.4% and a typical year strayed about 24.3% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.TAX.NIND.CN, 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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