Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia
Zambia: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices was 1,328 USD in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
In 2024, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia stood at 1,328 USD. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia peaked at 1,328 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 750.71 USD, in 1994.
That places Zambia 168th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1,246 USD | — |
| 1971 | 1,239 USD | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 1,323 USD | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 1,265 USD | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 1,271 USD | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 1,225 USD | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 1,222 USD | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 1,148 USD | -6.0% |
| 1978 | 1,104 USD | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 1,029 USD | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 1,038 USD | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 997.99 USD | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 990.39 USD | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 987.2 USD | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 951.68 USD | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 923.35 USD | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 919.96 USD | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 918.34 USD | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 910.86 USD | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 895.59 USD | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 879.48 USD | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 841.16 USD | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 806.88 USD | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 841.43 USD | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 750.71 USD | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 754.05 USD | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 781.52 USD | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 790.86 USD | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 767.43 USD | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 781.87 USD | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 789.83 USD | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 807.05 USD | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 817.85 USD | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 847.92 USD | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 879.17 USD | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 912.16 USD | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 950.92 USD | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 994.63 USD | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 1,034 USD | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1,090 USD | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 1,162 USD | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 1,186 USD | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,236 USD | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1,257 USD | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 1,275 USD | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 1,272 USD | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,280 USD | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,285 USD | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,297 USD | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,277 USD | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 1,206 USD | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 1,227 USD | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1,275 USD | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1,313 USD | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 1,328 USD | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,207 USD | 1,029 USD | 1,323 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 953.29 USD | 895.59 USD | 1,038 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 799.54 USD | 750.71 USD | 879.48 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 912.44 USD | 789.83 USD | 1,090 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,253 USD | 1,162 USD | 1,297 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,270 USD | 1,206 USD | 1,328 USD | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Zambia
- 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)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth 97.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth 155.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 58.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 1.03 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 1,360 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 51.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0433 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 57.08 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia?
- Gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices in Zambia was 1,328 USD in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,328 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 750.71 USD in 1994.
- How does Zambia rank for gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices?
- Zambia ranks 168th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gross domestic product — value us$ per capita, 2015 prices rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gross Domestic Product — Value US$ per capita, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).