Zambia recorded a Current Account deficit of 1 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Current Account to GDP in Zambia averaged -5.36 percent of GDP from 1978 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 12.70 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of -20.90 percent of GDP in 1986. source: Bank of Zambia
Current Account to GDP in Zambia is expected to reach 5.90 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Zambia Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around 6.50 percent of GDP in 2026 and 7.40 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.