CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia
Zambia: CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia, 2005–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia is 2.5 1=low to 6=high, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia peaked at 3 1=low to 6=high in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2010.
That places Zambia 49th out of 85 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2006 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +20.0% |
| 2013 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 5 |
| 2010s | 2.8 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 49 Angola 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Azerbaijan 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Bangladesh 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Central African Republic 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Congo 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Guinea 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Honduras 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Kyrgyzstan 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Liberia 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Madagascar 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Republic of Moldova 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Nepal 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Niger 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Tajikistan 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Togo 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Uganda 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 49 Zimbabwe 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Zambia
- Arms imports 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0469 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -80 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 16.4 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0138 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -7.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 349.67 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 6.73 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia?
- Cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public in Zambia was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2005.
- What is the lowest cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public?
- Zambia ranks 49th out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). The Transparency, Accountability, and Corruption in the Public Sector criterion assesses the extent to which the executive, legislators, and other high-level officials can be held accountable for their use of funds, administrative decisions, and results obtained. Accountability is generally enhanced by transparency in decision-making, access to relevant and timely information, public and media scrutiny, and by institutional checks (e.g., inspector general, ombudsman, or independent audit) on the authority of the chief executive. The criterion covers four dimensions: (a) the accountability of the executive and other top officials to effective oversight institutions; (b) access of civil society to timely and reliable information on public affairs and public policies, including fiscal information (on public expenditures, revenues, and large contract awards); (c) state capture by narrow vested interests; and (d) integrity in the management of public resources, including aid and natural resource revenues.