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Zambia Current Account Value and percent from GDP

Zambia Current Account Data

Indicator Data Period
Current Account to GDP 11.1 % 2021
Current Account 13.3 USD Million | 0.013 B USD 4Q/22


Latest data on Current Account to GDP (%)

Current Account to GDP
                     Zambia - Historical Data (%)

What is ratio of Zambia Current Account to GDP?

  • The surplus of Current Account to GDP in Zambia decreased to 11.1 % in 2021. The maximum surplus was 7.5 % and deficit was -20.9 %
  • Data published Yearly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (%) by years

Data
Period
Date
11.1 2021 26.09.2022
12.2 2020 04.08.2021
1 2019 15.07.2020
-1.3 2018 27.06.2019
-2.3 2017 19.06.2018
-3.7 2016 11.08.2017
-3.6 2015 31.12.2015
2.1 2014 31.12.2014


Historical Chart by presidents (%)

Current Account to GDP in Zambia by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Edgar Chagwa 25.01.2015 - -3.6000 -3.7000 -3.6000 -3.7000 2.78%
Michael Chilufya 23.09.2011 - 28.11.2014 4.7000 -0.8000 4.9000 -0.8000 -117.02%
Rupiah Bwezani 19.08.2008 - 23.09.2011 -3.3000 7.5000 7.5000 -3.3000 -327.27%
Levy Patrick 02.01.2002 - 19.08.2008 -15.8000 -1.2000 4.6000 -15.8000 -92.41%
Frederick Jacob 02.11.1991 - 02.02.2002 -9.0000 -18.0000 -4.2000 -18.4000 100.00%


Latest data on Current Account (USD Million)

Current Account
                     Zambia - Historical Data (USD Million)

What is Zambia Current Account Deficit?

  • The surplus of Current Account in Zambia decreased to 13.3 USD Million (0.013 B USD) in the forth quarter of 2022. The maximum value was 682 USD Million and minimum was -564 USD Million.
  • Data published Quarterly by Central Bank.

Historical Data (USD Million) by years

Data
Period
Date
13.3 4Q/22 24.03.2023
224 3Q/22 13.01.2023
371 2Q/22 23.09.2022
389 3Q/21 23.02.2022
753 2Q/21 18.01.2022
922 1Q/21 04.08.2021
528 4Q/20 28.03.2021
597 3Q/20 12.02.2021


Historical Chart by presidents (USD Million)

Current Account in Zambia by presidents

Name Period Start Data End Data Max Value Min Value CHG% Start/End
Edgar Chagwa 25.01.2015 - 208.5000 -139.0000 208.5000 -574.7000 -166.67%
Michael Chilufya 23.09.2011 - 28.11.2014 566.0000 436.2000 654.3000 -249.8000 -22.93%
Rupiah Bwezani 19.08.2008 - 23.09.2011 -564.0000 85.3000 544.4000 -564.0000 -115.12%
Levy Patrick 02.01.2002 - 19.08.2008 -153.1000 177.9000 343.9000 -214.0000 -216.20%
Frederick Jacob 02.11.1991 - 02.02.2002 -43.4000 -182.1000 -43.4000 -210.8000 319.59%

Other trade indicators in Zambia

Index Updated Actual Previous
Balance of Trade Jan/23 6.055 B USD -0.456
Capital Flows 4Q/22 0.056 B USD 1.384
Exports Jan/23 20.978 B USD 14.709
Imports Jan/23 14.923 B USD 15.165

Current Account to GDP in other countries

Country Updated Actual Previous
Egypt 2021 -4.6 % -3.1
Kenya 2022 -4.9 % -5.4
Madagascar 2021 -5.5 % -3.5
Zimbabwe 2021 -1.89 % -1.91
Tanzania 2021 -3.4 % -2.2
Togo 2021 -5 % -3
Tunisia 2022 -8.6 % -6
Nigeria 2021 -0.5 % -3.9
Sudan 2021 -10 % -8.3
Morocco 2021 -2.3 % -1.5
Senegal 2021 -10.4 % -10.9
Seychelles 2021 -20 % -22
South Africa 2022 -0.5 % 3.7
Uganda 2020 -10.7 % -7
Rwanda 2021 -10.9 % -12.1
Liberia 2021 -17.4 % -16.1
Zambia 2021 11.1 % 12.2
Mozambique 2021 -23.8 % -30.4
Namibia 2021 -9.1 % 2.8
Ghana 2021 -2.1 % -3.1
Swaziland 2021 6 % 1.2
Libya 2021 21.6 % -20.7
Algeria 2021 -2.8 % -12.9
Angola 2021 12.4 % 1.6
Benin 2021 -4.5 % -1.7
Botswana 2021 -0.5 % -10.8
Burkina Faso 2021 5.2 % 3.8
Burundi 2021 -15 % -9.4
Central African Republic 2021 -9.6 % -7.2
Chad 2021 -3.9 % -8.1
Comoros 2021 0.5 % -1.8
Republic of the Congo 2021 15.5 % -0.2
Djibouti 2021 -0.7 % 11.3
Equatorial Guinea 2021 -3.4 % -4.2
Eritrea 2021 13.5 % 11.4
Ethiopia 2021 -3.2 % -4.6
Gabon 2021 -5.7 % -6.9
Gambia 2021 -4.5 % -5.1
Guatemala 2021 2.5 % 4.9
Guinea 2021 29.3 % 18.9
Guinea Bissau 2021 -6.9 % -3.7
Lesotho 2021 -3.8 % -1.8
Malawi 2021 -13.1 % -12.1
Mali 2021 -4.5 % -2.3
Mauritania 2021 -7.6 % -7.6
Niger 2021 -13.6 % -13.1
Sao Tome and Principe 2015 -24.7 % -31.7
Sierra Leone 2021 -13.9 % -16.7