Zambia Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
2010 - 2021 | Yearly | % | CEIC Data
Key information about Zambia Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
- Zambia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a fall equal to 3.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2021, compared with a growth equal to 1.3 % in the previous year.
- Zambia Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 2010 to Dec 2021.
- The data reached an all-time high of 8.5 % in Dec 2010 and a record low -3.9 % in Dec 2021.
CEIC calculates Foreign Direct Investment as % of GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and annual Nominal GDP. The Bank of Zambia provides quarterly Foreign Direct Investment in USD. Zambia Statistics Agency provides Nominal GDP in local currency. Bank of Zambia average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions.
Related information about Zambia Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP
- In the latest reports of Zambia, Current Account recorded a deficit of 57.2 USD mn in Mar 2023.
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 93.9 USD mn in Mar 2023.
- Zambia Direct Investment Abroad fell by 47.8 USD mn in Mar 2023.
- Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 55.0 USD mn in Mar 2023.
- The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 21.3 USD bn in Dec 2021.
View Zambia's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP from 2010 to 2021 in the chart:
What was Zambia's Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP in 2021?
Zambia Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a fall equal to 3.9 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2021, compared with a growth equal to 1.3 % in the previous year. See the table below for more data.
| Last | Previous | Min | Max | Unit | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -3.9 2021 | 1.3 2020 | -3.9 2021 | 8.5 2010 | % | yearly | 2010 - 2021 |
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| country/region | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania (%) | 7.3 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2023 |
| Algeria (%) | 0.3 Jun 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Jun 2023 |
| Argentina (%) | 4.5 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Dec 2023 |
| Armenia (%) | -2.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Dec 1994 - Dec 2023 |
| Australia (%) | 3.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Sep 1959 - Dec 2023 |
| Austria (%) | -1.6 Dec 2022 | quarterly | Mar 1970 - Dec 2022 |
| Azerbaijan (%) | -3.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2013 - Dec 2023 |
| Bahrain (%) | 6.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2018 - Dec 2023 |
| Bangladesh (%) | 0.4 2023 | yearly | 1998 - 2023 |
| Belarus (%) | 0.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Dec 2023 |
| Belgium (%) | -4.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Dec 2023 |
| Bolivia (%) | 2.5 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Dec 2023 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) | 2.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Dec 2023 |
| Botswana (%) | 3.7 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Dec 2023 |
| Brazil (%) | 4.2 Mar 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Mar 2024 |
| Brunei (%) | -10.5 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2014 - Dec 2020 |
| Bulgaria (%) | 0.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Dec 2023 |
| Cambodia (%) | 12.1 2022 | yearly | 2010 - 2022 |
| Canada (%) | 1.5 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1961 - Dec 2023 |
| Chile (%) | 4.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2003 - Dec 2023 |
| China (%) | 0.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Colombia (%) | 3.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Dec 2023 |
| Croatia (%) | 0.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Cyprus (%) | 16.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Dec 2023 |
| Czech Republic (%) | 5.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Denmark (%) | 0.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2023 |
| Ecuador (%) | 0.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Dec 2023 |
| Egypt (%) | 2.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Sep 2001 - Dec 2023 |
| Estonia (%) | 22.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Dec 2023 |
| European Union (%) | 0.9 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Mar 2023 |
| Finland (%) | 4.5 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Mar 2023 |
| France (%) | 0.6 Mar 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1997 - Mar 2024 |
| Georgia (%) | 3.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1997 - Dec 2023 |
| Germany (%) | 1.4 Mar 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1991 - Mar 2024 |
| Ghana (%) | 2.0 Dec 2022 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Dec 2022 |
| Greece (%) | 1.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2023 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China (%) | 23.7 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2023 |
| Hungary (%) | -148.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Dec 2023 |
| Iceland (%) | -0.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| India (%) | 0.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Jun 2004 - Dec 2023 |
| Indonesia (%) | 1.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Dec 2023 |
| Iran (%) | 0.1 2021 | yearly | 1997 - 2021 |
| Ireland (%) | 5.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Israel (%) | 3.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Italy (%) | 1.9 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1988 - Mar 2023 |
| Ivory Coast (%) | 2.3 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
| Japan (%) | 0.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Dec 2023 |
| Jordan (%) | 1.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1992 - Dec 2023 |
| Kazakhstan (%) | 0.9 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Dec 1997 - Sep 2023 |
| Kenya (%) | 0.3 2022 | yearly | 1996 - 2022 |
| South Korea (%) | 1.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Dec 2023 |
| Kosovo (%) | 8.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Dec 2023 |
| Kuwait (%) | 0.5 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2012 - Sep 2023 |
| Kyrgyzstan (%) | -3.1 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Mar 2023 |
| Laos (%) | 4.7 2022 | yearly | 1988 - 2022 |
| Latvia (%) | 0.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Lebanon (%) | 2.5 2020 | yearly | 2004 - 2020 |
| Lithuania (%) | 3.4 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Mar 2023 |
| Luxembourg (%) | -584.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Dec 2023 |
| Macau SAR, China (%) | 12.0 2022 | yearly | 1982 - 2022 |
| North Macedonia (%) | -4.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Dec 2023 |
| Malawi (%) | 0.4 2021 | yearly | 1970 - 2021 |
| Malaysia (%) | 2.5 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Dec 2023 |
| Malta (%) | 422.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Mauritius (%) | 37.5 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Dec 2023 |
| Mexico (%) | -0.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1993 - Dec 2023 |
| Moldova (%) | 2.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Mongolia (%) | 12.7 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Dec 2023 |
| Montenegro (%) | 8.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Dec 2023 |
| Morocco (%) | 0.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2014 - Dec 2023 |
| Mozambique (%) | 33.6 2021 | yearly | 1986 - 2021 |
| Myanmar (%) | 0.6 Sep 2021 | quarterly | Dec 2017 - Sep 2021 |
| Nepal (%) | 0.1 2023 | yearly | 2001 - 2023 |
| Netherlands (%) | -116.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Jun 2003 - Dec 2023 |
| New Zealand (%) | 2.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Jun 2000 - Dec 2023 |
| Nigeria (%) | 1.1 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Sep 2023 |
| Norway (%) | -0.9 Dec 2022 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Dec 2022 |
| Oman (%) | 4.9 2022 | yearly | 1970 - 2022 |
| Pakistan (%) | 0.5 2023 | yearly | 1977 - 2023 |
| Palestinian Territory (%) | -0.4 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Sep 2023 |
| Panama (%) | 3.4 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Dec 2023 |
| Paraguay (%) | -0.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Dec 2023 |
| Peru (%) | 0.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Dec 2023 |
| Philippines (%) | 2.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Dec 2023 |
| Poland (%) | 0.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Dec 2023 |
| Portugal (%) | 0.5 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Mar 2023 |
| Qatar (%) | -0.7 Jun 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Jun 2023 |
| Romania (%) | 1.6 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Russia (%) | 0.1 Dec 2022 | quarterly | Mar 1994 - Dec 2022 |
| Saudi Arabia (%) | 1.3 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Dec 2023 |
| Serbia (%) | 5.8 Sep 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2013 - Sep 2023 |
| Singapore (%) | 42.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Dec 2023 |
| Slovakia (%) | 0.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Dec 2023 |
| Slovenia (%) | 3.3 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Mar 2023 |
| South Africa (%) | 0.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1985 - Dec 2023 |
| Spain (%) | -0.8 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1980 - Dec 2023 |
| Sri Lanka (%) | 1.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Dec 2023 |
| Sudan (%) | 1.7 2021 | yearly | 1996 - 2021 |
| Sweden (%) | 1.1 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1982 - Mar 2023 |
| Switzerland (%) | 6.6 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1985 - Mar 2023 |
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| Government and Public Finance | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) | -8.5 2021 | yearly | 2001 - 2021 |
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) | -1,235.192 Dec 2023 | monthly | Nov 2015 - Dec 2023 |
| Tax Revenue (USD mn) | 3,736.627 Dec 2023 | monthly | Nov 2015 - Dec 2023 |
| Government Debt: % of GDP (%) | 45.5 2021 | yearly | 2014 - 2021 |
| Forecast: Government Expenditure (ZMK bn) | 302.449 2029 | yearly | 2000 - 2029 |
| Forecast: Government Net Debt (ZMK bn) | 654.326 2023 | yearly | 2000 - 2023 |
| Forecast: Government Revenue (ZMK bn) | 262.874 2029 | yearly | 2000 - 2029 |
| Foreign Trade | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) | 4.533 2028 | yearly | 2000 - 2028 |
| Trade Balance (USD mn) | -137.2 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Feb 2024 |
| Total Exports (USD mn) | 687.5 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Feb 2024 |
| Total Exports Growth (%) | -4.1 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Feb 2024 |
| Aluminum: Exports (USD th) | 1,710.822 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Exports: Medicament (USD th) | 2,186.716 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 905.677 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Total Imports (USD mn) | 824.7 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Feb 2024 |
| Total Imports Growth (%) | 35.8 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Feb 2024 |
| Imports: Medicament (USD th) | 263,152.229 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 119,354.130 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Total Exports to USA (USD mn) | 6.815 Jan 2022 | monthly | Jan 1981 - Jan 2022 |
| Total Imports from USA (USD mn) | 11.440 Jan 2024 | monthly | Jan 1981 - Jan 2024 |
| Total Exports to China (USD mn) | 176.765 Mar 2024 | monthly | Nov 1998 - Mar 2024 |
| Total Imports from China (USD mn) | 137.082 Mar 2024 | monthly | Jul 1992 - Mar 2024 |
| Balance of Payments | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) | 39.9 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Current Account Balance (USD mn) | -231.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) | 11.9 2021 | yearly | 2010 - 2021 |
| Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) | 27.0 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) | -3.9 2021 | yearly | 2010 - 2021 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) | -85.358 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) | 4.4 2021 | yearly | 2010 - 2021 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) | -0.2 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) | -85.167 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2023 |
| External Debt (USD mn) | 23,717.1 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Dec 2023 |
| External Debt: % of GDP (%) | 39.8 2021 | yearly | 2011 - 2021 |
| Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) | 3.941 2029 | yearly | 1980 - 2029 |
| Net International Investment Position (USD mn) | -27,613.340 2022 | yearly | 2006 - 2022 |
| Monetary | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) | 4.4 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2011 - Sep 2023 |
| Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) | 134.908 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2011 - Sep 2023 |
| Money Supply M1 (USD mn) | 2,336.513 Dec 2023 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Dec 2023 |
| Money Supply M2 (USD mn) | 5,822.535 Dec 2023 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Dec 2023 |
| M2 Growth (%) | 13.3 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Feb 2024 |
| Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) | 26.0 Feb 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Feb 2024 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) | 3,215.4 Jan 2024 | monthly | Jan 2010 - Jan 2024 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) | 3.7 Nov 2023 | monthly | Jan 2010 - Nov 2023 |
| Total Deposits (USD mn) | 7,523.390 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Sep 2023 |
| Total Deposits Growth (%) | 27.5 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Sep 2023 |
| Domestic Credit (USD mn) | 5,463.7 Dec 2023 | monthly | Dec 2001 - Dec 2023 |
| Domestic Credit Growth (%) | 39.2 Dec 2023 | monthly | Dec 2002 - Dec 2023 |
| Total Loans (USD mn) | 3,041.003 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Sep 2023 |
| Total Loans Growth (%) | 38.13 Sep 2023 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Sep 2023 |
| Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) | 10.21 2022 | yearly | 1965 - 2022 |
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