Member state
Zambia at the United Nations
- Admitted
- 1964-12-01
- ISO 3166-1
- ZM / ZMB
- Admitted by
- A/5815 (the decision is recorded in this document rather than in a resolution of its own)
International organisations
Every organisation this state belongs to that is compiled here, with the date it joined. Membership is resolved against this site’s own list of member states rather than taken from a query.
| Organisation | Joined |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth of Nations | 1964 |
| United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | 1964-11-09 |
| United Nations | 1964-12-01 |
| World Meteorological Organization | 1964-12-28 |
| International Telecommunication Union | 1965-08-23 |
| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 1965-09-23 |
| Universal Postal Union | 1967-03-22 |
| World Trade Organization | 1995-01-01 |
| World Health Organization | not recorded |
| African Union | not recorded |
| Southern African Development Community | not recorded |
Peacekeeping contribution
Uniformed personnel this state had deployed to UN missions in 2026-07-31, the most recent month the UN Peace and Security Data Hub reports. Counts are deployments, not distinct people.
| Personnel | Deployed | Of whom women |
|---|---|---|
| Troops | 587 | 123 |
| Staff Officer | 21 | 6 |
| Individual Police | 13 | 5 |
| Experts on Mission | 7 | 4 |
Every contributor, month by month
Position in General Assembly voting
A statistical estimate of where this state sat on the main axis of General Assembly voting, not a record of any vote. The range is what the model treats as credible; neither end of the scale is the better one.
| Year | Estimate | Credible range | Votes cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.49 | -0.80 to -0.22 | 160 |
| 2024 | -0.41 | -0.63 to -0.21 | 74 |
| 2023 | -0.32 | -0.51 to -0.14 | 72 |
| 2022 | -0.35 | -0.57 to -0.16 | 78 |
| 2021 | -0.25 | -0.44 to -0.08 | 76 |
| 2020 | -0.55 | -0.83 to -0.28 | 83 |
People of concern
As recorded by UNHCR’s Refugee Data Finder for 2025 — UNHCR’s own reporting categories, not a census.
| Category | People |
|---|---|
| Refugees hosted | 83,225 |
| Asylum-seekers hosted | 12,906 |
| Refugees from Zambia abroad | 346 |
Population projection
United Nations World Population Prospects, median variant — a projection, not a count.
| 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 | 2045 | 2050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21,913,874 | 25,024,901 | 28,266,892 | 31,550,402 | 34,821,106 | 38,083,385 |
Service on principal organs
Elected terms as recorded by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. A year marked pending is one the Library publishes as a partial list because its elections have not yet been held.
Economic and Social Council
2026 2025 2024 2012 2011 2010 1999 1998 1997 1991 1990 1989 1981 1980 1979 1976 1975 1974
Human Rights Council
Security Council
Permanent representatives
1 recorded. Full list
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Ngosa Simbyakula | 2020-01-28 | in office / not recorded |
Permanent mission
- Mission
- Permanent Mission of Zambia to the United Nations
- Address
- Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations, 237 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
- National holiday
- 24 October
- Accredited diplomats
- 11
Accredited diplomats
- Mr. Chola Milambo Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Permanent Representative
- Mr. Francis Kasempa Minister / Military Adviser (Defense)
- Mr. Muhabi James Lungu Minister Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Ms. Regina Chama Boma Minister Counsellor / Deputy Permanent Representative
- Mrs. Hellen Mkhweo Chifwaila Counsellor
- Mr. Oscar Sichimba Counsellor
- Ms. Beatrice Lungowe Mutandi Counsellor
- Mr. Davies Siulanda First Secretary
- Mrs. Namatama Njekwa First Secretary
- Ms. Belinda Nang'andu Malambo First Secretary
- Ms. Sula Nanyangwe Second Secretary / Personal Secretary
The numbers
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Since 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy rate | 71.77 | 2024 | |
| CO2 emissions per capita | 0.543 | 2024 | |
| GDP | 28,879,806,220 | 2025 | |
| GNI per capita | 1,200 | 2025 | |
| Life expectancy at birth | 66.53 | 2024 | |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) | 1.333 | 2024 | |
| Net official development assistance received | 1,421,932,007 | 2023 | |
| Population | 21,913,874 | 2025 | |
| Refugees hosted (UNHCR mandate) | 83,225 | 2025 | |
| Refugees originating (UNHCR mandate) | 346 | 2025 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0. The sparkline shows the shape of each run from its first reported year; the number beside it carries the magnitude, and there is deliberately no axis on it.
General Debate statements
57 statements to the General Debate since 1964, 170,200 words in all. The longest was 1974, at 6,823 words, delivered by Mr. Mwanga.
Of the 31 statements since 1994 whose speaker’s post the record gives: President ×17, Minister for Foreign Affairs ×8, Minister of Foreign Affairs ×2, UN Representative ×2. Earlier years are excluded because UN records do not consistently identify a speaker’s post before 1994, and counting those years as though they did would make any state look as though it sent nobody senior.
2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964
Emblems and location
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Treaties joined
64 actions recorded by the Secretary-General as depositary. Only treaties whose participant counts match the depositary’s own stated totals contribute rows.
Recorded votes
| Resolution | Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| A/RES/80/290 | 2026-07-10 | yes |
| A/RES/80/282 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/286 | - | non-voting |
| A/RES/80/296 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 B | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/294 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/293 A | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/297 | - | yes |
| A/RES/80/299 | - | yes |
Provenance
Every fact on this page, with where it came from and how sure we are.
| Attribute | Value | Source | Confidence | Fetched |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iso2 | ZM | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567898+00:00 |
| iso3 | ZMB | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567906+00:00 |
| m49 | 894 | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.772197+00:00 |
| name | Zambia | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567883+00:00 |
| un_admission_date | 1964-12-01 | wikidata | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:06.567890+00:00 |
| unsd_name | Zambia | un_sdg | 1.0 | 2026-10-12T02:20:11.772207+00:00 |
Where this page comes from
- UN General Assembly ideal point estimates — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN General Debate Corpus (Jankin, Baturo & Dasandi) — CC0 1.0 · source
- UN Research Guides (Dag Hammarskjold Library) — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UN Statistics Division SDG Indicators API — CC BY 4.0 · source
- UN World Population Prospects — un.org website terms (all rights reserved) · source
- UNHCR Refugee Data Finder — Unassessed · source
- Wikidata — CC0 1.0 · source
- World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source