Key Indicators
Income Group Lower middle-income
Regional Group Africa
Population (Total) 20,724,000
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) 4,503

Performance Overview

ISO3

ZMB

Country

Zambia

Score

33.95

Rank

113

Technology

17.71

People

34.79

Governance

47.50

Impact

35.83

Pillar: Technology Score: 17.71Rank: 119
SCORERANK

Access

35.81 114

1. Mobile tariffs

42.31109

2. Handset prices

12.40124

3. FTTH/building Internet subscriptions

13.26107

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

76.3297

5. International Internet bandwidth

64.74102

6. Internet access in schools

5.8180

Content

0.59 124

1. GitHub commits

0.38115

2. Internet domain registrations

0.14121

3. Mobile apps development

n/a n/a

4. AI scientific publications

1.2593

Future technologies

16.72 117

1. Adoption of emerging technologies

n/a n/a

2. Investment in emerging technologies

31.2589

3. Robot density

n/a n/a

4. Computer software spending

2.19112
Pillar: People Score: 34.79Rank: 88
SCORERANK

Individuals

42.06 97

1. Mobile broadband internet traffic within the country

n/a n/a

2. ICT skills in the education system

42.1179

3. Use of virtual social networks

11.71113

4. Adult literacy rate

72.3769

5. AI talent concentration

n/a n/a

Businesses

25.61 84

1. Firms with website

55.3662

2. Number of venture capital deals invested in AI

12.143

3. Annual investment in telecommunication services

34.2995

4. Public cloud computing market scale

0.69101

Governments

36.68 75

1. Government online services

39.35104

2. Data Capabilities

n/a n/a

3. Government promotion of emerging technologies

34.0272

4. Gross expenditure on R&D

n/a n/a
Pillar: Governance Score: 47.50Rank: 100
SCORERANK

Trust

41.10 99

1. Secure internet servers

34.32111

2. Cybersecurity

91.0957

3. Online access to financial account

30.8640

4. Internet shopping

8.1497

Regulation

50.92 93

1. Regulatory quality

29.7696

2. ICT regulatory environment

59.3783

3. Regulation of emerging technologies

6.86109

4. E-commerce legislation

1001

5. Privacy protection by law content

58.5973

Inclusion

50.48 97

1. E-Participation

37.6998

2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments

54.3789

3. Gender gap in Internet use

39.6194

4. Rural gap in use of digital payments

70.2529
Pillar: Impact Score: 35.83Rank: 119
SCORERANK

Economy

21.81 109

1. ICT patent applications

n/a n/a

2. Domestic market scale

42.0993

3. Technology-Enabled Work Flexibility

21.6995

4. ICT services exports

1.64115

Quality of life

41.79 113

1. Happiness

14.57114

2. Freedom to make life choices

81.7739

3. Income inequality

29.34108

4. Healthy life expectancy at birth

28.73121

SDG Contribution

43.88 119

1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

46.6799

2. SDG 4: Quality Education

n/a n/a

3. SDG 5: Women's economic opportunity

72.7378

4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

8.83124

5. SDDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

53.5177

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