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Zambia: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2025
25.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+2.8 pointsfrom 23.1%
Average, 2016–2025
20.9%10 years
Record high and low
38.4% (1970)low 7.31% (1954)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203127.1Forecast
203026.7Forecast
202926.6Forecast
202826.0Forecast
202724.7Forecast
202624.8Forecast
202525.9
202423.1
202321.9
202220.4
202122.4
202020.3
201920.4
201819.4
201717.5
201618.2

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Zambia documentation (PDF)

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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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