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Zambia vs Zimbabwe

114 shared metrics.

ZambiaLeads in 61

vs114 shared

ZimbabweLeads in 53

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Zambia

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zambia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zambia shares Victoria Falls, the world's largest curtain of falling water, with Zimbabwe.

UNESCO

Zimbabwe

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Zimbabwe.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Zimbabwe's 100-trillion-dollar note is a real hyperinflation artifact from 2008.

Smithsonian

Analysis

Zambia leads in 61 of 114 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 53.

Zambia's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Zimbabwe (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Zambia's Education Spending (% GDP) is 9.6x that of Zimbabwe (4.1% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Zambia's Seafood Consumption per Person is 3.5x that of Zimbabwe (12.68 kg/person/yr vs 2.8 kg/person/yr).

Zambia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 3.2x that of Zimbabwe (4.7% of GDP vs 1.1% of GDP).

Zambia's Military Spending is 2.8x that of Zimbabwe (1.3% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Zambia leads

Zambia

202 per 100 people

Zimbabwe

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)Zambia leads

Zambia

4.1% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonZambia leads

Zambia

12.68 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

2.8 kg/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Zambia leads

Zambia

4.7% of GDP

Zimbabwe

1.1% of GDP

Military SpendingZambia leads

Zambia

1.3% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Air PassengersZambia leads

Zimbabwe

Zambia

2.0%

Zimbabwe

40.05%

95% lower

Exports (% GDP)

Zambia

34.98% of GDP

Zimbabwe

18.05% of GDP

94% higher

Official Languages Count

Zimbabwe

Zambia

1.0

Zimbabwe

94% lower

Land Area

Zambia

743.4K km²

Zimbabwe

386.9K km²

92% higher

Comparison of Zambia and Zimbabwe across 114 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	2.0 per 100 people	10000% higher	Zambia
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	959% higher	Zambia
Seafood Consumption per Person	12.68 kg/person/yr	2.8 kg/person/yr	350% higher	Zambia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	1.1% of GDP	316% higher	Zambia
Military Spending	1.3% of GDP	0.35% of GDP	279% higher	Zambia
Air Passengers	321.7K	92.5K	248% higher	Zambia
Firms Making Informal Payments	82.97% of firms	31.14% of firms	166% higher	Zambia
Forest Area	442.5K km²	173.1K km²	156% higher	Zambia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.38	0.15	155% higher	Zambia
Electricity Generation	19.46 TWh	8.3 TWh	134% higher	Zambia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	8.5 per 100k	3.7 per 100k	129% higher	Zambia
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.32 per 1k	0.14 per 1k	129% higher	Zambia
Solar Electricity Share	0.86%	0.39%	121% higher	Zambia
GDP Growth Rate	3.8%	1.7%	119% higher	Zambia
Lowest Elevation	329 m	162 m	103% higher	Zambia
Credit Card Ownership	2.3% of adults	1.2% of adults	98% higher	Zambia
Water Stress (%)	2.0%	40.05%	95% lower	Zimbabwe
Exports (% GDP)	34.98% of GDP	18.05% of GDP	94% higher	Zambia
Official Languages Count	1.0	16	94% lower	Zimbabwe
Land Area	743.4K km²	386.9K km²	92% higher	Zambia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	800.67 kg oil eq/person	416.59 kg oil eq/person	92% higher	Zambia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.78	0.41	88% higher	Zambia
Land Border Length	6.0K km	3.2K km	87% higher	Zambia
Inflation Rate	15%	104.7%	86% lower	Zimbabwe
Electoral Democracy Index	0.50	0.27	85% higher	Zambia
Beer Consumption	1.2 L/person/yr	0.69 L/person/yr	80% higher	Zambia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	5.0 sites	80% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms Asked for Bribes	9.6% of firms	44.46% of firms	78% lower	Zimbabwe
Coal Electricity Share	10.8%	42.88%	75% lower	Zimbabwe
Border Neighbors	7.0	4.0	75% higher	Zambia
Milk Consumption per Person	9.7 kg/person/yr	31.9 kg/person/yr	70% lower	Zimbabwe
Armed Forces Personnel	16.0K	51.0K	69% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Carbon Intensity	119.68 gCO2/kWh	384.02 gCO2/kWh	69% lower	Zimbabwe
Corruption Perceptions Index	37 pts	22 pts	68% higher	Zambia
Water Withdrawal	1.6 B m³	4.9 B m³	68% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms Hit by Power Outages	87.13% of firms	52.54% of firms	66% higher	Zambia
All-Time Olympic Medals	3.0 medals	8.0 medals	62% lower	Zimbabwe
Mobile Money Accounts	69.31% of adults	43.33% of adults	60% higher	Zambia
Electric Generating Capacity	3.99M kW	2.49M kW	60% higher	Zambia
Suicide Rate	7.1 per 100k	17.34 per 100k	59% lower	Zimbabwe
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	55% lower	Zimbabwe
Spirits Consumption	0.33 L/person/yr	0.21 L/person/yr	54% higher	Zambia
Digital Payments Used	71.16% of adults	46.7% of adults	52% higher	Zambia
Political Corruption Index	0.43	0.85	50% lower	Zimbabwe
GNI Per Capita	$1,220	$2,400	49% lower	Zimbabwe
Women in Parliament (%)	14.97%	28.09%	47% lower	Zimbabwe
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.5%	2.8%	47% lower	Zimbabwe
Protected Land (%)	41.3%	28.3%	46% higher	Zambia
Elderly Population (%)	1.9%	3.6%	46% lower	Zimbabwe
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.3% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	45% higher	Zambia
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.1 per 100k	29.9 per 100k	43% lower	Zimbabwe
Scientific Publications	344.27	563.05	39% lower	Zimbabwe
GDP (Nominal)	$25,303,185,342.25	$41,539,411,516.44	39% lower	Zimbabwe
Alcohol Consumption	3.6 L/adult/yr	2.7 L/adult/yr	36% higher	Zambia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	14.6% of adults	10.8% of adults	35% higher	Zambia
Food Waste per Person	118.75 kg/person/yr	88.01 kg/person/yr	35% higher	Zambia
Population Density	27.88 /km²	42.24 /km²	34% lower	Zimbabwe
Forest Coverage (%)	59.52%	44.74%	33% higher	Zambia
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.47% of youth labor force	15.55% of youth labor force	33% lower	Zimbabwe
CO2 Per Capita	0.56 t/person/yr	0.82 t/person/yr	31% lower	Zimbabwe
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	703.97 kWh/person	538.8 kWh/person	31% higher	Zambia
Unemployment Rate	6.0%	8.6%	30% lower	Zimbabwe
Smoking Rate	14.6%	11.3%	29% higher	Zambia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$4,214.89	$5,928.08	29% lower	Zimbabwe
Firms with Female Top Manager	12.93% of firms	17.77% of firms	27% lower	Zimbabwe
Meat Consumption per Person	13.12 kg/person/yr	17.67 kg/person/yr	26% lower	Zimbabwe
Population	22.02M	17.47M	26% higher	Zambia
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	24.31 µg/m³	19.49 µg/m³	25% higher	Zambia
Obesity Rate	9.4%	12.43%	24% lower	Zimbabwe
Infant Mortality	30.9 per 1k births	40.6 per 1k births	24% lower	Zimbabwe
Agricultural Land (%)	32.07%	41.79%	23% lower	Zimbabwe
Death Rate	4.9 per 1k	6.4 per 1k	23% lower	Zimbabwe
Life Evaluation Score	4.1 pts	3.3 pts	23% higher	Zambia
Tourist Arrivals	502.0K	639.0K	21% lower	Zimbabwe
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.16% of adults	17.65% of adults	20% lower	Zimbabwe
Teen Birth Rate	115.91 per 1k	98.06 per 1k	18% higher	Zambia
Electricity Access (%)	51.1%	62%	18% lower	Zimbabwe
Imports (% GDP)	27.55% of GDP	23.44% of GDP	18% higher	Zambia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	109 per 100 people	94 per 100 people	16% higher	Zambia
Airports	123	147	16% lower	Zimbabwe
Hypertension Prevalence	36.9% of adults	43.2% of adults	15% lower	Zimbabwe
Women in Senior Management	29.59% of managers	34.42% of managers	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Urban Population (%)	45.47%	39.89%	14% higher	Zambia
Capital Elevation	1.3K m	1.5K m	14% lower	Zimbabwe
Internet Users (%)	33%	38%	13% lower	Zimbabwe
Irrigated Land	1.6K km²	1.7K km²	10% lower	Zimbabwe
Highest Elevation	2.3K m	2.6K m	10% lower	Zimbabwe
Total CO2 Emissions	11.57 Mt CO2e	12.86 Mt CO2e	10% lower	Zimbabwe
Railway Length	3.1K km	3.4K km	9% lower	Zimbabwe
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	22 days/yr	9% lower	Zimbabwe
Women's Political Empowerment	0.79	0.73	9% higher	Zambia
Sanitation Access (%)	37.48%	34.64%	8% higher	Zambia
Health Spending Per Capita	$76.06	$70.66	8% higher	Zambia
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.91 hrs/week	46.16 hrs/week	7% lower	Zimbabwe
Fertility Rate	3.7 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	7% higher	Zambia
Life Expectancy	66.3 years	62.8 years	6% higher	Zambia
Birth Rate	29.6 per 1k	28.18 per 1k	5% higher	Zambia
Dependency Ratio	76.69% of working-age pop.	80.1% of working-age pop.	4% lower	Zimbabwe
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.52% of adults	86.26% of adults	4% higher	Zambia
Informal Employment Share	82.73% of employed people	85% of employed people	3% lower	Zimbabwe
Median Age	17.5 years	17.8 years	2% lower	Zimbabwe
Government Debt (% GDP)	71.4% of GDP	69.9% of GDP	2% higher	Zambia
Human Development Index	0.59	0.60	1% lower	Zimbabwe
Child Mortality	44.7 per 1k births	44.2 per 1k births	1% higher	Zambia
Renewable Energy (%)	83%	82.4%	1% higher	Zambia
Youth Population (%)	41.46%	40.87%	1% higher	Zambia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Zambia
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Zambia
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Zambia
Nurses & Midwives	2.1 per 1k	2.1 per 1k	equal	Zambia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.06 per 1M people	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.5% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	3.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Zimbabwe
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Zambia

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Analysis

Zambia leads in 61 of 114 shared metrics, while Zimbabwe leads in 53.

Zambia's Broadband Access (%) is 100.0x that of Zimbabwe (202 per 100 people vs 2.0 per 100 people).

Zambia's Education Spending (% GDP) is 9.6x that of Zimbabwe (4.1% of GDP vs 0.38% of GDP).

Zambia's Seafood Consumption per Person is 3.5x that of Zimbabwe (12.68 kg/person/yr vs 2.8 kg/person/yr).

Zambia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 3.2x that of Zimbabwe (4.7% of GDP vs 1.1% of GDP).

Zambia's Military Spending is 2.8x that of Zimbabwe (1.3% of GDP vs 0.35% of GDP).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Zambia leads

Zambia

202 per 100 people

Zimbabwe

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)Zambia leads

Zambia

4.1% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.38% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per PersonZambia leads

Zambia

12.68 kg/person/yr

Zimbabwe

2.8 kg/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Zambia leads

Zambia

4.7% of GDP

Zimbabwe

1.1% of GDP

Military SpendingZambia leads

Zambia

1.3% of GDP

Zimbabwe

0.35% of GDP

Air PassengersZambia leads

Zambia

321.7K

Zimbabwe

92.5K

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

2.0 per 100 people

Education Spending (% GDP)

4.1% of GDP

0.38% of GDP

Seafood Consumption per Person

12.68 kg/person/yr

2.8 kg/person/yr

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

4.7% of GDP

1.1% of GDP

Military Spending

1.3% of GDP

0.35% of GDP

Air Passengers

321.7K

92.5K

Firms Making Informal Payments

82.97% of firms

31.14% of firms

Forest Area

442.5K km²

173.1K km²

Liberal Democracy Index

0.38

0.15

Electricity Generation

19.46 TWh

8.3 TWh

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

8.5 per 100k

3.7 per 100k

Doctors (per 1,000)

0.32 per 1k

0.14 per 1k

Solar Electricity Share

0.86%

0.39%

GDP Growth Rate

3.8%

1.7%

Lowest Elevation

329 m

162 m

Credit Card Ownership

2.3% of adults

1.2% of adults

Water Stress (%)

2.0%

40.05%

Exports (% GDP)

34.98% of GDP

18.05% of GDP

Official Languages Count

1.0

Land Area

743.4K km²

386.9K km²

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Seafood Consumption per Person

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Military Spending

Air Passengers

Firms Making Informal Payments

Forest Area

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Generation

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Doctors (per 1,000)

Solar Electricity Share

GDP Growth Rate

Lowest Elevation

Credit Card Ownership

Water Stress (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Official Languages Count

Land Area

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Freedom of Expression Index

Land Border Length

Inflation Rate

Electoral Democracy Index

Beer Consumption

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms Asked for Bribes

Coal Electricity Share

Border Neighbors

Milk Consumption per Person

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Corruption Perceptions Index

Water Withdrawal

Firms Hit by Power Outages

All-Time Olympic Medals

Mobile Money Accounts

Electric Generating Capacity

Suicide Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Spirits Consumption

Digital Payments Used

Political Corruption Index

GNI Per Capita

Women in Parliament (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Protected Land (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

Alcohol Consumption

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Food Waste per Person

Population Density

Forest Coverage (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Unemployment Rate

Smoking Rate

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Meat Consumption per Person

Population

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Obesity Rate

Infant Mortality

Agricultural Land (%)

Death Rate