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Zambia: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
23.2%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2016–2025
20.7%10 years
Record high and low
38.4% (1970)low 7.31% (1954)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202523.2
202423.1
202321.9
202220.4
202122.4
202020.3
201920.4
201819.4
201717.5
201618.2

Sources

  • Mitchell1950–2010
  • African Development Bank1980–2025
  • World Development Indicators1990–2024

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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