Exchange rate to the US dollar in Zambia

On average in 2025, one US dollar was worth 25.276 units of Zambia's currency.

Measure: Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) Unit: Local currency units per US dollar, annual average Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2025 25.276 Local currency units per US dollar, annual average
Change from 2024 −3.4% 2024: 26.166 per US$
Position in 2025 75th of 194 See the full ranking

Exchange rate to the US dollar in Zambia over time

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Local currency units per US dollar, annual average. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Official exchange rate (local currency per US dollar) (local currency units per US dollar, annual average), 2001 to 2025
Period Zambia
2025 25.276 per US$
2024 26.166 per US$
2023 20.212 per US$
2022 16.938 per US$
2021 20.018 per US$
2020 18.344 per US$
2019 12.890 per US$
2018 10.458 per US$
2017 9.518 per US$
2016 10.308 per US$
2015 8.632 per US$
2014 6.154 per US$
2013 5.396 per US$
2012 5.148 per US$
2011 4.862 per US$
2010 4.798 per US$
2009 5.045 per US$
2008 3.745 per US$
2007 4.002 per US$
2006 3.602 per US$
2005 4.465 per US$
2004 4.779 per US$
2003 4.733 per US$
2002 4.399 per US$
2001 3.611 per US$

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3.4% from 26.166 per US$ in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8.632 per US$, the figure has changed by +192.8%.
  • Among the 194 countries with data for 2025, Zambia has the 75th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
PA.NUS.FCRF · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Zambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics