Zambia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Zambia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.417 → 0.569 (+0.152)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth51.6 → 66.5 (+14.9)

Internet users2 → 17 (+16)

Urban population38 → 46 (+8)

Births per woman5.70 → 4.04 (-1.66)

Renewable share of energy89 → 83 (-6)

Access to electricity23 → 54 (+30)

Infant mortality60 → 35 (-26)

CO2 emissions per person0.2 → 0.5 (+0.3)

Forest area63 → 60 (-4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.417	48.2	—	—	6.57	83	14	102	0.4	63.8	—	—
1991	0.411	47.4	—	39	6.46	82	13	103	0.4	63.7	—	—
1992	0.408	47.0	—	39	6.35	83	19	102	0.4	63.7	—	—
1993	0.412	46.7	—	39	6.30	85	14	102	0.3	63.6	—	—
1994	0.407	46.3	0	39	6.26	87	15	100	0.3	63.6	—	—
1995	0.407	46.0	0	38	6.23	87	16	99	0.3	63.5	—	—
1996	0.409	45.8	0	38	6.18	90	17	97	0.2	63.5	—	—
1997	0.410	45.7	0	37	6.12	87	17	96	0.3	63.4	—	—
1998	0.409	45.7	0	37	6.07	88	19	95	0.3	63.4	—	—
1999	0.412	45.9	0	36	6.00	90	19	93	0.2	63.3	—	—
2000	0.418	46.6	0	36	5.92	90	17	89	0.2	63.3	—	—
2001	0.426	47.4	0	36	5.85	90	20	85	0.2	63.3	—	—
2002	0.434	48.5	0	36	5.77	90	17	79	0.2	63.2	—	—
2003	0.448	49.6	1	36	5.71	89	19	72	0.2	63.1	—	—
2004	0.459	50.5	1	37	5.70	89	20	66	0.2	63.1	—	—
2005	0.472	51.6	1	37	5.70	89	23	60	0.2	63.1	—	—
2006	0.484	52.7	2	38	5.68	90	24	56	0.2	63.0	1052	2378
2007	0.495	53.7	2	38	5.61	91	19	54	0.2	63.0	1119	2555
2008	0.506	54.8	2	39	5.53	90	26	52	0.2	62.9	1376	2708
2009	0.519	55.9	3	39	5.45	89	27	50	0.2	62.9	1136	2872
2010	0.528	56.9	3	40	5.36	89	22	49	0.2	62.8	1451	3098
2011	0.534	57.8	4	40	5.26	88	28	47	0.2	62.6	1625	3228
2012	0.548	58.7	4	41	5.14	85	29	46	0.3	62.3	1710	3324
2013	0.554	59.5	5	41	5.01	85	30	45	0.3	62.1	1821	3477
2014	0.557	60.1	7	42	4.89	85	28	43	0.3	61.8	1707	3441
2015	0.563	60.7	9	42	4.78	84	31	42	0.4	61.5	1296	3337
2016	0.564	61.1	10	42	4.67	84	35	41	0.4	61.3	1239	3313
2017	0.568	61.6	12	43	4.57	84	40	39	0.5	61.0	1483	3392
2018	0.571	62.1	14	43	4.49	84	40	38	0.5	60.8	1464	3442
2019	0.574	62.9	14	43	4.42	86	43	36	0.5	60.5	1259	3361
2020	0.569	63.4	15	44	4.32	85	45	36	0.5	60.3	952	3157
2021	0.565	62.4	15	44	4.25	83	47	36	0.5	60.0	1127	3503
2022	0.569	65.3	15	45	4.18	—	48	35	0.5	59.8	1447	3840
2023	—	66.3	16	45	4.10	—	51	35	0.6	59.5	1331	4080
2024	—	66.5	17	45	4.04	—	54	35	0.5	—	1187	4221
2025	—	—	—	46	—	—	—	—	—	—	1318	4379
Profile shows	0.569	66.5	17	46	4.04	83	—	—	0.5	59.5	1318	4379

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

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