Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Zambia
Zambia: Getting credit: Distance to frontier was 95 0-100 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Zambia, 2015–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 95 0-100 for getting credit: distance to frontier in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.7% over five years.
That places Zambia 3rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting credit: Distance to frontier in Zambia, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 70 0-100 | — |
| 2016 | 75 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 75 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 95 0-100 | +26.7% |
| 2019 | 95 0-100 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 95 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 50 0-100, 1.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 95 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35 0-100, 2.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 1 Brunei 100 0-100 compare
- 1 New Zealand 100 0-100 compare
- 3 Colombia 95 0-100 compare
- 3 Puerto Rico 95 0-100 compare
- 3 Rwanda 95 0-100 compare
- 3 United States 95 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Zambia
- Exchange rate, new LCU per USD extended backward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Exchange rate, old LCU per USD extended forward, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Official exchange rate, LCU per USD, period average 18.94 (2026)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2025)
- Annual precipitation, annual growth rate 40.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Consumer price index 483.32 2010 = 100 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit: distance to frontier in Zambia?
- Getting credit: distance to frontier in Zambia was 95 0-100 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 95 0-100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest getting credit: distance to frontier recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 0-100 in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for getting credit: distance to frontier?
- Zambia ranks 3rd out of 189 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting credit: Distance to frontier (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Getting credit: Distance to the frontier denotes the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on the getting credit indicator across all economies included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier.