Zambia — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1978–2030 · 53 observations

About this series

The current account balance records a country's net transactions with the rest of the world in goods, services, primary income, and secondary income. A balance can be positive, negative, or zero. This series expresses the aggregate as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Zambia, the current account reading was 1.28% of GDP in 2025, compared with −4.41% of GDP in 2024. The period change was +5.69 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2020–2030

PeriodValue
20303.3 % of GDP
20293.41 % of GDP
20283.8 % of GDP
20273.69 % of GDP
20262.7 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2020
20251.28 % of GDP
2024-4.41 % of GDP
2023-3.04 % of GDP
20223.75 % of GDP
202111.9 % of GDP
202011.8 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.