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Zambia: Consumer price index

Index, 2015 = 100 · 1938–2025 · 85 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CPI

2025
335.5index, 2015 = 100
Change on 2024
+13.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+12.9%a year

Consumer price index

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ForecastIndex, 2015 = 100

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Recent values

Index, 2015 = 100

YearValue
2031517.8Forecast
2030483.9Forecast
2029452.2Forecast
2028422.6Forecast
2027395.0Forecast
2026365.7Forecast
2025335.5
2024294.6
2023256.2
2022231.0
2021208.1
2020170.6
2019147.4
2018135.0
2017125.6
2016117.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1938–2009
  • Clio Infra1943–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1943–2014
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • WDI (archive)1985–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1985–2025
  • World Development Indicators1985–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1993–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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