Chad vs Zambia
Chad vs Zambia: GDP growth
GDP growth: 5% a year in Chad in 2024 and 3.8% a year in Zambia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Chad, by 1.2 percentage points, or 1.31 times that in Zambia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Chad has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Zambia.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Chad at 5.3% a year and Zambia at 5.3% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Chad | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5.4 |
| 2022 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6.2 |
| 2020 | 0 | -2.8 |
| 2019 | 5.9 | 1.4 |
| 2018 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | -2.1 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | -3.7 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 2.3 | 4.7 |
| 2013 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| 2012 | 8.9 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| 2010 | 13.8 | 10.3 |
| 2009 | -1.3 | 9.2 |
| 2008 | 3.1 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | 8.4 |
| 2006 | -0.5 | 7.9 |
| 2005 | 7.5 | 7.2 |
| 2004 | 33.6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 14.7 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 11.7 | 5.3 |
| 2000 | -0.9 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | -0.7 | 4.7 |
| 1998 | 7 | -0.4 |
| 1997 | 5.7 | 3.8 |
| 1996 | 2.1 | 6.2 |
| 1995 | -0.8 | 2.9 |
| 1994 | 5.5 | -13.3 |
| 1993 | -2.1 | -0.1 |
| 1992 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| 1991 | 10.4 | -0.7 |
| 1990 | 3.2 | -0.6 |
| 1989 | 2 | -3.7 |
| 1988 | 7.5 | 9.3 |
| 1987 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
| 1986 | 6 | 1.7 |
| 1985 | 7.9 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 5.3 | -1.7 |
| 1983 | 15.7 | -1.1 |
| 1982 | 5.4 | -2.9 |
| 1981 | -10.8 | 6.6 |
| 1980 | -6 | 3.9 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Chad | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| 2027 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 2028 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 2029 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 2030 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| 2031 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chad vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyChad: 55.1 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChad: 9.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChad: 64.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChad: 3.88% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateChad: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChad: 19.3 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthChad: 5.71% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChad: 6.12 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChad: 27.6% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageChad: 15.4 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChad: 2.1% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateChad: 25.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChad: 3.19% of GDP in 2025Zambia: 1.26% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChad: $598M in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personChad: $31 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChad: 15.5% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChad: 45,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerChad: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChad: 0.85% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChad: 4 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsChad: 20 million TIV in 1987Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990