Environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia
Zambia: Environmentally related tax revenue was 0.7736 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia, 1994–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia stood at 0.7736 Percentage of GDP.
That represents a change of up 13.4% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia peaked at 1.04 Percentage of GDP in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 Percentage of GDP, in 1994.
Zambia ranks 76th of 123 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1995 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1996 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1997 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1998 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 1999 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2000 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2001 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2002 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2003 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2004 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2005 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2006 | 0 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2007 | 0.6711 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2008 | 0.5628 Percentage of GDP | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 0.4882 Percentage of GDP | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 0.3884 Percentage of GDP | -20.4% |
| 2011 | 0.3311 Percentage of GDP | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 1.04 Percentage of GDP | +215.0% |
| 2013 | 0.994 Percentage of GDP | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.8601 Percentage of GDP | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 1.01 Percentage of GDP | +17.6% |
| 2016 | 1.02 Percentage of GDP | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8024 Percentage of GDP | -21.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7849 Percentage of GDP | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6243 Percentage of GDP | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7772 Percentage of GDP | +24.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3742 Percentage of GDP | -51.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4372 Percentage of GDP | +16.8% |
| 2023 | 0.682 Percentage of GDP | +56.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7736 Percentage of GDP | +13.4% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.7736 Percentage of GDP is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5921 Percentage of GDP, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.7736 Percentage of GDP is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.01 Percentage of GDP, 77% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +215.0% | 0.3311 Percentage of GDP | 1.04 Percentage of GDP |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.1722 Percentage of GDP | 0 Percentage of GDP | 0.6711 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7855 Percentage of GDP | 0.3311 Percentage of GDP | 1.04 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6088 Percentage of GDP | 0.3742 Percentage of GDP | 0.7772 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More economy & growth data for Zambia
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate -28.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.92 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 13.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.1053 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 138.75 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 7.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0769 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 101.32 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia?
- Environmentally related tax revenue in Zambia was 0.7736 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- What is the lowest environmentally related tax revenue recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 Percentage of GDP in 1994.
- How does Zambia rank for environmentally related tax revenue?
- Zambia ranks 76th out of 123 countries with data for 2024.
- Is environmentally related tax revenue rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Environmentally related tax revenue. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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<!DOCTYPE html> ERTR Database body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; } Environmentally related taxes are effective policy instruments to shape relative prices of goods and services. The Environmental Related Tax Revenue Database (ERTR) categorises taxes based on their environmental relevance, constructing environmentally related tax revenue with a breakdown by tax-base category (including energy, transport, pollution, and resources) and 22 environmental domains. Note that tax-base categories are mutually exclusive, while domains are not. Therefore, one should not aggregate revenue across domains as it may lead to double counting. Data source(s): ERTR draws from the OECD Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database. The database contains detailed qualitative and quantitative information on environmentally related taxes and fees, tradable permits and offsets, deposit-refund schemes, environmentally beneficial subsidies and payments and voluntary approaches used for environmental policy. It is updated annually and covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries. The data has been cross-validated and complemented with Revenue statistics from the Global Revenue Statistics databases, Eurostat National Tax Lists, and official national sources. Contact: pinedatabase@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 For further details on the dataset consult the dataset documentation and oe.cd/pine. For revenue data at the individual-tax level, please consult https://oe.cd/pinedatabase.