Zambia is committed to achieving its universal health coverage targets by improving access to affordable quality health services. Over the years, out-of-pocket expenditure has declined from 44.93%1 in 2000 to 7.08% of CHE in 2021.
Current Health Expenditure (CHE) as % Gross Domestic Product (GDP)5.3%CHE/GDP
Out-of-pocket (OOPS) spending as % of Current Health Expenditure (CHE)9.7%OOP/CHE
Domestic General Government Health Expenditure (GGHE-D) as % General Government Expenditure (GGE)8.9%GGHE-D/GGE
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), in constant (2020) US$ in millions (M), billions (B), or trillions (T)29BGDP (USD)
Population in thousands (K), millions (M) or billions (B)20.2MPopulation



