Zambia
- Official Name:
- Republic of Zambia (Zambia)
- Area:
- 752.614 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 11.477.447 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 0 km. None
- Capital:
- Lusaka
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Mpulungu
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: None
- Exclusive economic zone: None
- Continental shelf: None
- Political divisions:
- 9 provinces; Central, Copperbelt, Eastern, Luapula, Lusaka, Northern, North-Western, Southern, Western
- Language(s):
- English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 24 October (1964)
- Nationality:
- Zambian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 2.
- Member of:
- ACP, AfDB, AU, C, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NAM, OPCW, PCA, SADC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .zm
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Zambian kwacha (ZMK) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.000 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD5.795.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,8% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 19,9%
- Industry: 28,9%
- Services: 51,2%
- Labor force:
- 4.903.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2000):
-
- Agriculture 85%
- Industry: 6%
- Services 9%
- Unemployment rate:
- 50% (2000 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 8,8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 26,5% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD2.674.000.000
- Expenditures: USD2.990.000.000
- Public debt:
- 65,7% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -165.400.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 3.928.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
- Exports - Partners:
- Switzerland 28,7%, South Africa 18,6%, UK 14,4%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 5,4%, Tanzania 5,1%, Zimbabwe 4,1% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 3.092.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer; foodstuffs, clothing
- Imports - partners:
- South Africa 47,6%, UK 12,6%, Zimbabwe 4,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 1.050.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 4.397.000.000 (2006)
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