Portulans Institute

Zambia

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Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 20,017,675
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 3,808

Performance Overview

ISO3

ZMB

Country

Zambia

Score

32.11

Rank

116

Technology

20.20

People

33.12

Governance

41.54

Impact

33.56

Pillar: Technology Score: 20.20 Rank: 124
SCORERANK

Access

40.23 119

1. Mobile tariffs

32.15 110

2. Handset prices

33.02 98

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

10.00 107

4. Population covered by at least a 3G mobile network

98.48 91

5. International Internet bandwidth

61.92 112

6. Internet access in schools

5.81 77

Content

0.86 127

1. GitHub commits

0.65 119

2. Internet domain registrations

0.12 125

3. Mobile apps development

n/a

4. AI scientific publications

1.80 90

Future technologies

19.51 112

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

25.44 114

2. Investment in emerging technologies

31.25 93

3. Robot density

n/a

4. Computer software spending

1.83 117
Pillar: People Score: 33.12 Rank: 99
SCORERANK

Individuals

31.41 108

1. Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions Count

n/a

2. ICT skills in the education system

n/a

3. Use of virtual social networks

10.36 117

4. Tertiary enrollment

0.94 128

5. Adult literacy rate

82.93 70

6. AI talent concentration

n/a

Businesses

48.29 55

1. Firms with website

57.19 52

2. GERD financed by business enterprise

n/a

3. Knowledge intensive employment

12.83 104

4. Annual investment in telecommunication services

74.86 89

5. GERD performed by business enterprise

n/a

Governments

19.67 114

1. Government online services

38.26 108

2. Publication and use of open data

2.94 100

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

17.80 108

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 41.54 Rank: 105
SCORERANK

Trust

35.00 83

1. Secure internet servers

29.25 116

2. Cybersecurity

68.33 80

3. Online access to financial account

40.46 45

4. Internet shopping

1.97 122

Regulation

56.68 99

1. Regulatory quality

37.11 100

2. ICT regulatory environment

69.06 96

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

7.79 112

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

69.44 56

Inclusion

32.94 121

1. E-Participation

36.05 90

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

36.39 122

3. Availability of local online content

21.39 126

4. Gender gap in Internet use

47.05 94

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

23.83 116
Pillar: Impact Score: 33.56 Rank: 125
SCORERANK

Economy

12.62 124

1. High-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing

10.77 89

2. High-tech exports

2.22 106

3. PCT patent applications

0.00 99

4. Domestic market size

41.54 94

5. Prevalence of gig economy

18.90 112

6. ICT services exports

2.32 113

Quality of life

34.67 128

1. Happiness

13.57 129

2. Freedom to make life choices

76.23 59

3. Income inequality

14.82 114

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

34.04 124

SDG Contribution

53.40 100

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

43.17 105

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

73.45 76

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

38.01 127

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

58.98 78

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