Zambia: Exports, billion dollars

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 Zambia

Exports of goods and services, billion USD

 Latest value 8.85
 Year 2024
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1994 - 2024
 Average 5.72
 Min - Max 0.85 - 11.72
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 8.85 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 11.26 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 186.55 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 166 countries. Historically, the average for Zambia from 1994 to 2024 is 5.72 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.85 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 11.72 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Zambia: Exports, billion dollars
 2024 8.85
 2023 11.26
 2022 11.72
 2021 11.54
 2020 8.47
 2019 8.07
 2018 9.99
 2017 9.05




Definition: Exports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services provided to the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Imports, billion dollars 6.97 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 9.32 2024 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 2.36 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities -9.68 2024 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -4.41 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars -1.12 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP 7.43 2024 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars 0.69 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 4.09 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 1.32 2024 percent
 Remittances 334.31 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -1,153.33 2024 million USD
 External debt 109.08 2024 percent
 Short-term external debt 11.64 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 81.72 2024 percent
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