Current account balance in Zambia
The current account balance of Zambia was -5.5% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2004.
Zambia, 2025
-5.5%
Change from 2024
−1.1percentage points
Current account balance in Zambia over time
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Zambia
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zambia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.5% |
| 2024 | -4.4% |
| 2023 | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 3.7% |
| 2021 | 11.9% |
| 2020 | 11.8% |
| 2019 | 0.6% |
| 2018 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | -4.6% |
| 2015 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | -1.4% |
| 2013 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 5.4% |
| 2011 | 4.7% |
| 2010 | 7.5% |
| 2009 | 6.0% |
| 2008 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 4.6% |
| 2005 | -2.8% |
| 2004 | -7.1% |
| 2003 | -13.5% |
| 2002 | -15.8% |
| 2001 | -18.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from -4.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -3.6%, the figure has changed by −1.8 percentage points.