Zambia - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Zambia was 15.73 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 183.31 in 1993 and a minimum value of 6.43 in 2011.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1986 55.83
1987 47.05
1988 51.00
1989 123.40
1990 107.02
1991 97.64
1992 165.71
1993 183.31
1994 54.60
1995 34.93
1996 43.07
1997 24.42
1998 24.46
1999 26.79
2000 26.03
2001 21.39
2002 22.23
2003 21.40
2004 17.97
2005 18.32
2006 9.02
2007 10.66
2008 12.45
2009 13.40
2010 8.50
2011 6.43
2012 6.58
2013 6.98
2014 7.81
2015 10.11
2016 17.87
2017 6.58
2018 7.49
2019 9.15
2020 15.73

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices