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Society profile

Zambia

Zambia: 43 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 21.9 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 41.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 57.0%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 2.0%World Bank2025 Female share of population 50.5%World Bank2025 Urban population 45.9%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 4.0World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 115.5World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 66.5yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 34.6‰World Bank2024 Net migration 6 562World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 71.8%World Bank2024 Secondary school enrolment 56.8%World Bank2024 Tertiary enrolment 4.0%World Bank2012 Education spending 4.1%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $4 379$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $3 990$World Bank2025 Gini index 51.5World Bank2022 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 71.7%World Bank2022 Income share held by richest 10% 39.1%World Bank2022

Health

Suicide rate 7.1per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 6.0%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 17.1%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 108.7per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 53.6%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 0.5tWorld Bank2024

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey52.2%Afrobarometer2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey71.4%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in parliament survey45.1%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the police survey47.5%Afrobarometer2022 Confidence in the courts survey67.0%Afrobarometer2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 15.0%World Bank2025

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey88.3%Afrobarometer2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey72.9%Afrobarometer2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey27.2%Afrobarometer2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 5.9%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 10.5%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 56.4%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 67.6%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 71.7%World Bank2025

Safety

Intentional homicides 5.2per 100kWorld Bank2015 Feels safe walking alone at night survey52.1%Afrobarometer2022

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey6.6%Afrobarometer2022

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 10 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.