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Zambia: Real GDP

Millions of local currency · 1906–2025 · 115 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025
256 billionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+3.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+3.4%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$29.7 billionUS dollars

Real GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031343,311Forecast
2030326,054Forecast
2029309,589Forecast
2028294,035Forecast
2027279,872Forecast
2026267,367Forecast
2025256,376
2024247,091
2023237,999
2022225,875
2021214,687
2020202,087
2019207,876
2018204,923
2017196,976
2016190,267

Sources

  • Broadberry & Gardner1906–2008
  • Maddison Project Database1906–2022
  • Mitchell1954–2010
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1962–2024
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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