Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Zambia
The GDP deflator for Zambia changed by 5.6% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2014.
Zambia, 2025
5.6%
Change from 2024
−8.8percentage points
World, 2025
3.3%
Position in 2025
47th of 186
Inflation measured by the GDP deflator in Zambia over time
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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zambia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6% | 3.3% |
| 2024 | 14.4% | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 6.1% | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 25.1% | 4.6% |
| 2020 | 13.9% | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | 2.4% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 10.1% | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 13.6% | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 11.1% | 5.5% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | 4.2% |
| 2009 | 5.6% | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | 7.9% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | 5.9% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | 5.8% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 17.6% | 4.0% |
| 2002 | 19.4% | 3.6% |
| 2001 | 25.3% | 3.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −8.8 percentage points from 14.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by −1.0 percentage points.
- Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Zambia has the 47th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 3.3%.