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Current account to GDP in Zambia

Latest: -5.5%
Previous: -4.4%
Change: -1.05 (-23.8%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Current account to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Current account to GDP in Zambia
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	-10.0%
Dec 31, 1979	2.3%
Dec 31, 1980	-13.3%
Dec 31, 1981	-18.0%
Dec 31, 1982	-14.5%
Dec 31, 1983	-7.9%
Dec 31, 1984	-5.4%
Dec 31, 1985	-17.5%
Dec 31, 1986	-20.9%
Dec 31, 1987	-10.8%
Dec 31, 1988	-7.9%
Dec 31, 1989	-5.5%
Dec 31, 1990	-18.1%
Dec 31, 1991	-9.1%
Dec 31, 1992	—
Dec 31, 1993	—
Dec 31, 1994	—
Dec 31, 1995	—
Dec 31, 1996	—
Dec 31, 1997	-4.2%
Dec 31, 1998	-16.1%
Dec 31, 1999	-11.4%
Dec 31, 2000	-18.4%
Dec 31, 2001	-18.0%
Dec 31, 2002	-15.8%
Dec 31, 2003	-13.5%
Dec 31, 2004	-7.1%
Dec 31, 2005	-2.8%
Dec 31, 2006	4.6%
Dec 31, 2007	-1.2%
Dec 31, 2008	-3.3%
Dec 31, 2009	6.0%
Dec 31, 2010	7.5%
Dec 31, 2011	4.7%
Dec 31, 2012	5.4%
Dec 31, 2013	-0.6%
Dec 31, 2014	-1.4%
Dec 31, 2015	-3.6%
Dec 31, 2016	-4.6%
Dec 31, 2017	-1.7%
Dec 31, 2018	-1.3%
Dec 31, 2019	0.6%
Dec 31, 2020	11.8%
Dec 31, 2021	11.9%
Dec 31, 2022	3.7%
Dec 31, 2023	-3.0%
Dec 31, 2024	-4.4%
Dec 31, 2025	-5.5%

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