Current account balance (World Bank) in Zambia in 2024 — -4.41%. Ranked 120 in the world out of 165. Since 1978, the indicator has risen by 5.57 pp.
1978–2024 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -4.41 | −1.37 pp |
| 2023 | -3.04 | −6.79 pp |
| 2022 | 3.75 | −8.15 pp |
| 2021 | 11.9 | +0.11 pp |
| 2020 | 11.79 | +11.19 pp |
| 2019 | 0.6 | +1.9 pp |
| 2018 | -1.3 | +0.38 pp |
| 2017 | -1.68 | +2.87 pp |
| 2016 | -4.55 | −0.94 pp |
| 2015 | -3.61 | −2.19 pp |
| 2014 | -1.43 | −0.85 pp |
| 2013 | -0.58 | −5.95 pp |
| 2012 | 5.38 | +0.72 pp |
| 2011 | 4.66 | −2.87 pp |
| 2010 | 7.53 | +1.57 pp |
| 2009 | 5.95 | +9.28 pp |
| 2008 | -3.33 | −2.09 pp |
| 2007 | -1.24 | −5.88 pp |
| 2006 | 4.64 | +7.43 pp |
| 2005 | -2.78 | +4.36 pp |
| 2004 | -7.15 | +6.38 pp |
| 2003 | -13.53 | +2.28 pp |
| 2002 | -15.81 | +2.19 pp |
| 2001 | -18 | +0.4 pp |
| 2000 | -18.4 | −7.05 pp |
| 1999 | -11.35 | +4.77 pp |
| 1998 | -16.12 | −11.89 pp |
| 1997 | -4.23 | — |
| 1991 | -9.05 | +9.02 pp |
| 1990 | -18.08 | −12.6 pp |
| 1989 | -5.47 | +2.39 pp |
| 1988 | -7.86 | +2.96 pp |
| 1987 | -10.82 | +10.06 pp |
| 1986 | -20.88 | −3.33 pp |
| 1985 | -17.55 | −12.16 pp |
| 1984 | -5.39 | +2.53 pp |
| 1983 | -7.92 | +6.56 pp |
| 1982 | -14.48 | +3.5 pp |
| 1981 | -17.98 | −4.69 pp |
| 1980 | -13.29 | −15.62 pp |
| 1979 | 2.33 | +12.31 pp |
| 1978 | -9.98 | — |
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The current account balance of the balance of payments as a percent of GDP from World Bank data. It duplicates the IMF indicator in meaning but rests on a different source and carries no forecast part — useful for cross-checking: noticeable divergences between the two series usually point to a revision of the statistics.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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