Data for Least developed countries: UN classification, Zambia 

Social

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...67
Zambia67

(2024)

Trend
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
Most recent value

(2022)

Zambia71.7

(2022)

Trend
Population, total
Population, total
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...1.19
Zambia21,314,956

(2024)

Trend
Population growth (annual %)
Population growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...2.3
Zambia2.8

(2024)

Trend
Net migration
Net migration
Most recent value

(2025)

Least developed...-1,214,748
Zambia6,562

(2025)

Trend
Most recent value

(2020)

Zambia0.397

(2020)

Trend

Economic

Indicator
Most recent value
Trend
GDP (current US$)
GDP (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024 billion)

Least developed...1,536.3
Zambia25.3

(2024 billion)

Trend
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP per capita (current US$)
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...1,293.4
Zambia1,187.1

(2024)

Trend
GDP growth (annual %)
GDP growth (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...3.9
Zambia3.8

(2024)

Trend
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Most recent value

(2025)

Least developed...4.7
Zambia5.9

(2025)

Trend
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
Most recent value

(2024)

Zambia15.0

(2024)

Trend
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Personal remittances, received (% of GDP)
Most recent value

(2024)

Least developed...5.2
Zambia1.3

(2024)

Trend
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Least developed countries: UN classification

  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Dem. Rep.
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia, The
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Kiribati
  • Lao PDR
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia, Fed. Rep.
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Yemen, Rep.
  • Zambia