Country profile · ZMB
Zambia
Region · Sub-Saharan Africa Population · 20.7M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 3.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 135 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 4.10
- Expected years of schooling
- 11.0 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 4%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 26% / 4%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.51
- Urban population
- 45%
- Employment in agriculture
- 56%
- Internet use
- 16%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 10.74%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 7%
- Women married before age 18
- 29%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 3.50
Religion
- Christianity95%
- Folk and traditional beliefs3%
- Islam1%
- No religion1%
Major cities
- Lusaka
- Ndola
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- South Africa