Consumer price inflation in Zambia
Consumer prices in Zambia changed by 13.9% in 2025.
Zambia, 2025
13.9%
Change from 2024
−1.1percentage points
World, 2025
3.0%
Position in 2025
12th of 169
Consumer price inflation in Zambia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.9% | 3.0% |
| 2024 | 15.0% | 3.0% |
| 2023 | 10.9% | 5.7% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| 2021 | 22.0% | 3.5% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 9.2% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 7.5% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 7.8% | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 7.0% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | 6.6% | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 12.4% | 8.9% |
| 2007 | 10.7% | 4.8% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | 4.3% |
| 2005 | 18.3% | 4.1% |
| 2004 | 18.0% | 3.5% |
| 2003 | 21.4% | 3.0% |
| 2002 | 22.2% | 2.9% |
| 2001 | 21.4% | 3.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 15.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.
- Among the 169 countries with data for 2025, Zambia has the 12th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.0%.