Review how consumer prices have changed in Zambia through annual inflation data, CPI history and five- and ten-year price movements.
Zambia’s Consumer Price Index stood at 483.3 in 2025. Consumer prices changed by +13.9% over the latest year, +96.7% over five years, +235.5% over ten years. Annual consumer inflation was 15.0% in 2024.
Based on comparable data for 2024, Zambia ranked 21st of 193 economies by consumer inflation.
Zambia Consumer Prices and Inflation by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Consumer Price Index (2010 = 100) (FP.CPI.TOTL); Consumer inflation, annual % (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG).
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About the Indicators
Consumer Price Index (2010 = 100). Measures the change over time in the prices of a fixed basket of goods and services typically purchased by households, expressed as an index with the year 2010 set to 100. Compiled by national statistical agencies from regular retail price surveys.
Inflation, consumer prices, annual %. The year-on-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, the standard measure of how quickly the cost of living is rising or falling for the average household.