Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Zambia

Government consumption in US dollars in Zambia in 2024 — 3,208,067,776 US$. Ranked 116 in the world out of 168. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 68.8%.

2024 3.21B US$ −12.62% vs 2023
World rank 116of 168
Period maximum 4.21B US$2022
Period minimum 1.9B US$2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Zambia, 2010–20241B2B3B4B5B201020122014201620182020202220242010: 1,900,835,922 US$2011: 2,403,615,097 US$2012: 3,034,200,591 US$2013: 3,416,142,325 US$2014: 3,941,926,596 US$2015: 3,141,058,916 US$2016: 3,368,409,697 US$2017: 3,550,063,851 US$2018: 3,343,837,876 US$2019: 4,121,964,569 US$2020: 2,664,372,684 US$2021: 2,547,948,399 US$2022: 4,214,991,568 US$2023: 3,671,393,420 US$2024: 3,208,067,776 US$
Change over the period: +1.31B (+68.77%) Average annual rate: 3.81 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 3.21B US$
World 18.65T US$
Eastern Africa computed 59.28B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 918B US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 3.21B −463M −12.62%
2023 3.67B −544M −12.9%
2022 4.21B +1.67B +65.43%
2021 2.55B −116M −4.37%
2020 2.66B −1.46B −35.36%
2019 4.12B +778M +23.27%
2018 3.34B −206M −5.81%
2017 3.55B +182M +5.39%
2016 3.37B +227M +7.24%
2015 3.14B −801M −20.32%
2014 3.94B +526M +15.39%
2013 3.42B +382M +12.59%
2012 3.03B +631M +26.23%
2011 2.4B +503M +26.45%
2010 1.9B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.