Zambia

Africa · Southern Africa · capital Lusaka

Your score

40.5

out of 100

Rank

#173

of 224

Population

20.0M

ZMW

Coverage

100%

active metrics

Strongest dimensions (given your values)

Safety82~
Press freedom55'24
Healthcare quality53'17
Education quality47~
Clean governance (inv. corruption)39'24

Weakest dimensions

GDP per capita$1,235'24
Happiness3.50'23
Gender equality70'24
Human Development Index0.595'23
Life expectancy66.3'23

All metrics

Development

GDP per capita$1,235'24
Human Development Index0.595'23
Economic growth—
Unemployment rate13.1%'23
Income equality (inverted Gini)49'22
Innovation index16'24

Quality of life

Life expectancy66.3'23
Happiness3.50'23
Safety82~
Healthcare quality53'17
Education quality47~
Cost of living—
Internet speed18 Mbps'24
Sunshine3,003'23

Environment & governance

Clean governance (inv. corruption)39'24
Press freedom55'24
Political stability50'22
Renewable energy share89.0%'23
Air quality51'20
Gender equality70'24
Forest cover (proxy for green space)60'23
Public transit (proxy: urban population)est.46'23

Creative & cultural

Coffee cultureplayful42
Food varietyplayful40
Music influenceplayful45
Literary outputplayful38
Festival frequencyplayful48
Wildlife densityplayful82
Adventure scoreplayful70
Beach qualityplayful3
Ghost-story richnessplayful72
Board-game cultureplayful32
Meme cultureplayful42
Astronomy potentialest.68
Cheese varietyplayful24
Puzzle-solving prowessplayful30
Time-travel appealplayful50

About the data

Cells marked with a year use real public data from UNDP, the World Bank, Our World in Data, Transparency International or sunshine-hour composites. Unmarked values are curated or playful estimates — see the i tooltip on each metric in the sidebar for its source.