Zambia (ZM) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
A copper economy that has lived through debt distress and is trying to grow its way out with mines and a restless urban consumer. Lusaka's markets move when the metal price moves. Power shortages and a history of fiscal slippage are the scars lenders remember.
Region: Africa. Population: 21M (rank #62). GDP: $30.0 billion. GDP per capita: $1,831 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +4%. Inflation: +13.1%. Policy rate: 9%. Currency: ZMW. Equity market cap: $4.0 billion.