Lower middle income vs Zambia: Imports of goods and services
Imports of goods and services over time
- Lower middle income
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 43.9% against 8.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 35.8%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 5.4 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 5th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
Across the 6 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.7% | 6.4% | 2.7% | Zambia |
| 1970s | 3.9% | -5.1% | 9.0% | Lower middle income |
| 1980s | 2.4% | -2.2% | 4.7% | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 7.6% | 14.0% | 6.4% | Zambia |
| 2000s | 10.0% | 22.4% | 12.4% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 9.5% | 43.9% | 34.5% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher imports of goods and services, Lower middle income or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 43.9% against 8.1% in Lower middle income as of 2010.
- What is the difference in imports of goods and services between Lower middle income and Zambia?
- 35.8%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Zambia?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2010.
- How do Lower middle income and Zambia rank globally for imports of goods and services?
- Lower middle income ranks 5th and Zambia ranks 2nd of 36 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Imports of goods and services (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.