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Zambia: Inflation

Percent · 1943–2025 · 83 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
13.9%percent
Change on 2024
−1.1 pointsfrom 15.0%
Average, 2016–2025
13.0%10 years
Record high and low
182.7% (1993)low −0.448% (1963)

Inflation

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20317.00Forecast
20307.00Forecast
20297.00Forecast
20287.00Forecast
20278.00Forecast
20269.00Forecast
202513.9
202415.0
202310.9
202211.0
202122.0
202015.7
20199.80
20187.49
20176.58
201617.9

Sources

  • Mitchell1943–2009
  • Clio Infra1943–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1943–2014
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • WDI (archive)1986–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1986–2025
  • World Development Indicators1986–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1993–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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