The World Bank gathers and shares development data to improve understanding of the challenges facing each country. The following resources cover a range of social and economic measures of poverty and development.

Zambia: Quick Facts

For a complete list of indicators, refer to the Zambia Country Data Profile . Refer to the Africa Quick Query to customize and manage timeseries data on a wide range of topics. 

World Bank Sources of Data

Summary Data

• Millennium Development Goals for Zambia  : Targets for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and protecting the environment.
• Zambia Country Data Profile  
• Zambia-at-a-Glance (PDF) 

Data by Topic

• Doing Business Report - Investment Climate Snapshot: Indicators of the cost of doing business by identifying specific regulations that enhance or constrain the business investment, productivity, and growth. 
• Information/Communications/Telecommunications (PDF): ICT infrastructure & access, Computers and the Internet, ICT expenditures, and ICT business & government environment.

Debt

• World Bank Debt Service: Debt service repayments for World Bank loans and/or credits. 
• National External Debt: http://www.jedh.org/  Total external debt (joint OECD, Bank for International Settlements, IMF, World Bank). 

Poverty Data

• Africa Development Indicators: Drawn from the World Bank Africa Database, this publication provides the most detailed collection of development data on Africa in one volume. It presents data from 53 African countries and 5 regional country groups, arranged in separate tables or matrices for more than 500 indicators of development.
• World Development Indicators: Information and selected samples from the WDI 2004 publication, the World Bank's premier annual compilation of data about development.
• Main World Bank Data site

Other Sources of Data on Zambia

African Development Bank

• Statistics from the African Development Bank 

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• World Economic Outlook Databases: Source of the World Economic Outlook Reports. You can download macroeconomic data (GDP, Inflation, etc.) tables which list all countries, including Zambia.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

• Human Development Indicators in Zambia: Shows Zambia's ranking in the Human Development Report as well as a broad range of indicators from poverty to demographic trends to women's political participation, etc. 

World Health Organization (WHO)

• UNAIDS/WHO
  -- Data on Zambia: HIV/AIDS prevalence and related indicators.