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Zambia: Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)

1.29Bcurrent USD · 2025-18.3% since 2015

Foreign direct investment refers to direct investment equity flows in the reporting economy. It is the sum of equity capital, reinvestment of earnings, and other capital. Direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the ordinary shares of voting stock is the criterion for determining the existence of a direct investment relationship. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for Zambia from 1970 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,292,675,899.177
20242,359,364,621.188
2023641,091,890.666
2022-65,118,862.822
2021394,217,415.177
2020245,205,491.395
2019547,967,909.612
2018408,438,491.702
20171,107,519,804.845
2016662,813,935.42
20151,582,666,666.667
20141,507,800,000
20132,099,800,000
20121,731,500,000
20111,108,500,000
20101,729,300,000
2009694,800,000
2008938,620,000
20071,323,900,000
2006615,790,000
2005356,940,000
2004364,040,000
2003347,000,000
2002298,390,000
2001145,000,000
2000121,700,000
1999162,000,000
1998198,000,000
1997207,400,000
1996127,100,000
1995107,000,000
199440,000,000
1993314,400,000
199245,000,000
199134,300,000
1990202,700,000
1989163,700,000
198893,300,000
198774,500,000
198628,300,000
198551,500,000
198417,200,000
198325,700,000
198239,000,000
1981-38,400,000
198061,700,000
197935,200,000
197838,600,000
197742,960,000
197631,000,000
197538,000,000
197438,000,000
197332,000,000
197229,000,000
19718,419,999.9
19709,519,999.9

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, UN Conference on Trade and Development. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-foreign-direct-investment-net-inflows (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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