Official title:
Republic of Zambia
General information:
Capital: Lusaka
Population: 15,066,266 (July 2015 est.)
Total area: 752,618 km2
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ZMW)
National holiday: Independence Day, 24th October (1964)
Official language: English
Recognized regional languages: Bemba, Tonga, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Nyanja, Chewa
Type of government:
Presidential republic
Diplomatic and consular representative: H.E. Ms Winnie Chibesakunda (Germany – Berlin)
Economy:
- GDP (nominal): $29 billion (2015 est.)
- GDP (nominal) per capita: $1,705 (2015 est.)
- GDP (PPP): $67 billion (2015 est.)
- GDP (PPP) per capita: $4,113 (2014 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate): $26,61 billion (2014 est.)
- GDP (real growth rate): 6,6% (2015 est.)
GDP per sector:
- Agriculture 19,3%
- Industry 31,9%
- Services 58,8% (2014 est.)
Agriculture products: corn, sorghum, rice, peanuts, sunflower seeds, vegetables, flowers, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, cassava (manioc, tapioca), coffee, cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, milk, eggs, hides
Main industries: copper mining and processing, emerald mining, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture
Trade – Export
Exported commodities: copper, cobalt, electricity, tobacco, flowers, cotton
Main export partners:
- Switzerland 23,4%
- China 14,1%
- Democratic Republic of Congo 13,4%
- South Africa 6,1%
- United Arab Emirates 4,9% (2014)
Trade – Import
Imported commodities: machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing
Main import partners:
- South Africa 31,3%
- Democratic Republic of Congo 18,7%
- China 9,3%
- Kenya 8,3%
- EU 28 7%