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Zambia

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Key facts

  • currency: New Zambian kwacha
  • capital city: Lusaka
  • region: Eastern Africa
  • continent: Africa
  • land area: 743,390 km²
  • population: 20,569,737 people
  • political leader: Edgar Lungu (President)
Classified as: place

Summary

Zambia is a country. The capital city is Lusaka, located in the Eastern Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 743,390 km², a population of 20,569,737 people and uses the currency New Zambian kwacha. The President is Edgar Lungu.

Location on a map: [-15°0′S, 30°0′E]

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Environment

Zambia is one of the countries in Africa, countries in Eastern Africa and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 238,390.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 9.67 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 9.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 47.80 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 96.99 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 3.01 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 8.29 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 4.24 births per woman
  • Forest area: 446,258 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 10.56 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 30.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 13.40
  • Methane emissions: 13.34 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 7.69 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 10,420,876 people
  • Male population: 10,148,862 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 83.00 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 740,140.22 km²
  • Rural population: 11,038,749 people
  • Urban land area: 2,079.14 km²
  • Urban population: 9,530,988 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Zambia by population

Cities in Zambia

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Evolution of historical forest area in Zambia

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Zambia

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Zambia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Zambia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Zambia

Evolution of historical land area in Zambia

Evolution of historical median age in Zambia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Zambia

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia

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Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Zambia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Zambia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Zambia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia

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Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions in Zambia

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Evolution of historical population in Zambia

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Evolution of historical female population in Zambia

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Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Zambia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Zambia

Evolution of historical rural population in Zambia

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Zambia

Evolution of historical urban land area in Zambia

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Evolution of historical urban population in Zambia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Zambia

Relationship between population and date in Zambia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Zambia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Zambia

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Zambia

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Zambia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Zambia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Zambia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Zambia

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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Zambia

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Evolution of historical access to electricity in Zambia

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Zambia

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Distribution of sites in Zambia by inscription year

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Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Zambia

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Zambia

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Zambia

Geographical distribution of sites in Zambia by area

Sites in Zambia

Proportion of transboundary sites in Zambia

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Zambia by mean width

Wildfires in Zambia

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Zambia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 16,000 people
  • Democracy score: 5.61
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Individuals using the internet: 31.23 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.19 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -5,000 people
  • Press freedom: 2.15
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 14.97 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Zambia

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Zambia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Zambia

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Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Zambia

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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Zambia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Zambia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Zambia

Evolution of historical net migration in Zambia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Zambia

Political parties in Zambia

Distribution of politicians from Zambia by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Zambia

Politicians from Zambia

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Business

  • Central government debt: 71.41 % of GDP
  • Expense: 25.14 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 28,162,630,953.93 current US$
  • Inflation: 10.88 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 73.02 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 16.78 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 5.91 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 69.24 % of total employment

Proportion of revenue types by company in Zambia

Distribution of companies founded in Zambia by year

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Zambia

Companies from Zambia

Proportion of employee types in companies from Zambia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Zambia

Evolution of historical expense in Zambia

Evolution of historical GDP in Zambia

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Zambia

Evolution of historical inflation in Zambia

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Zambia

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Zambia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Zambia

Evolution of historical unemployment in Zambia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Zambia

Exchanges in Zambia

Proportion of shops per country in Zambia

Shops in Zambia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 34.13 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.72 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 75.34 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 6.62 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 1.86 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.00 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 62
  • Suicide mortality rate: 7.30 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical death rate in Zambia

Evolution of historical birth rate in Zambia

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Zambia

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Zambia

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Zambia

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Zambia

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Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Zambia

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Zambia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Zambia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Zambia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Zambia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Zambia

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Zambia

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Zambia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Zambia

Diseases in Zambia

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Zambia

Proportion of diseases in Zambia by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Zambia by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Zambia

Evolution of historical deaths in Zambia

Relationship between cases and deaths in Zambia

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Zambia by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Zambia

Athletes from Zambia

Proportion of competitions per city in Zambia

Competitions in Zambia

Proportion of competitions per country in Zambia

Distribution of competitions in Zambia by start date

Proportion of medals won by Zambia in the Olympics

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Culture

Artists from Zambia

Distribution of artists from Zambia by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Zambia

Geographical distribution of museums in Zambia by visitors

Museums in Zambia

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Zambia by total students

Distribution of universities in Zambia per foundation year

Universities in Zambia

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In literature

There are 234 books written about Zambia in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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