Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 21,314,956
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,224

Performance Overview

ISO3

ZMB

Country

Zambia

Score

33.97

Rank

115

Technology

17.70

People

35.61

Governance

42.48

Impact

40.10

Pillar: Technology Score: 17.70Rank: 122
SCORERANK

Access

34.60 114

1. Mobile tariffs

40.44108

2. Handset prices

28.42122

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

9.91111

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

58.3195

5. International Internet bandwidth

64.74101

6. Internet access in schools

5.8184

Content

1.79 127

1. GitHub commits

0.61117

2. Internet domain registrations

0.10124

3. Mobile apps development

n/an/a

4. AI scientific publications

4.6476

Future technologies

16.69 122

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

n/an/a

2. Investment in emerging technologies

31.2590

3. Robot density

n/an/a

4. Computer software spending

2.14117
Pillar: People Score: 35.61Rank: 97
SCORERANK

Individuals

36.74 104

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

6.3386

2. ICT skills in the education system

47.1881

3. Use of virtual social networks

11.05114

4. Adult literacy rate

82.4269

5. AI talent concentration

n/an/a

Businesses

33.94 73

1. Firms with website

52.5065

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

n/an/a

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

44.3891

4. Public cloud computing market scale

4.95106

Governments

36.14 76

1. Government online services

38.26109

2. Data Capabilities

n/an/a

3. Government promotion of investment in emerging tech

34.0272

4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education

n/an/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 42.48Rank: 106
SCORERANK

Trust

34.81 92

1. Secure internet servers

29.25115

2. Cybersecurity

68.9280

3. Online access to financial account

39.1065

4. Internet shopping

1.97121

Regulation

60.32 94

1. Regulatory quality

35.60100

2. ICT regulatory environment

68.6997

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

14.01110

4. E-commerce legislation

100.001

5. Privacy protection by law content

83.3031

Inclusion

32.31 120

1. E-Participation

36.0589

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

36.39119

3. Availability of local online content

21.39126

4. Gender gap in Internet use

43.9194

5. Rural gap in uses of digital payments

23.83115
Pillar: Impact Score: 40.10Rank: 117
SCORERANK

Economy

21.00 113

1. ICT patent applications

n/an/a

2. Domestic market scale

42.1993

3. Prevalence of gig economy

18.90110

4. ICT services exports

1.91116

Quality of life

40.49 116

1. Happiness

11.07122

2. Freedom to make life choices

81.2253

3. Income inequality

29.56113

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

28.78126

SDG Contribution

58.81 92

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

43.55100

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/an/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

74.3680

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

50.80120

4. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

58.9878

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