Zambia
General information
Capital: Lusaka
Currency unit: New Zambian kwacha
Official language: English
Area: 752,610 km²
Population in million: 17.1
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 1,510
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 4,050
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 74.8
Annual growth rate of the population: 3.0 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 41.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 61.9 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 85 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 25.81
Agriculture value added of GDP: 7.2
Industry value added of GDP: 35.7
Services value added of GDP: 52.8
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 5.56
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 3.95
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Hydraulic cements (0.88 %)
Sulphuric acid (0.79 %)
Precious and semi-precious stones (0.59 %)
Bases for electric control or the distribution of electricity (0.39 %)
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides (0.39 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Unmanufactured tobacco (2.29 %)
Cane or beet sugar (1.79 %)
Cotton, not carded or combed (1.14 %)
Maize (0.94 %)
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages. (0.33 %)