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Zambia — Current account (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1978–2031 · 54 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 −5.46% of GDP in 2025, compared with −4.41% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −1.05 percentage points.

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Latest observations

2021–2031

PeriodValue
20311.37 % of GDP
20302.22 % of GDP
20292.19 % of GDP
20282.07 % of GDP
20271.94 % of GDP
6 earlier values, back to 2021
20260.93 % of GDP
2025-5.46 % of GDP
2024-4.41 % of GDP
2023-3.04 % of GDP
20223.75 % of GDP
202111.9 % of GDP
Data release 2026_10_06_0823, published 6 Oct 2026.