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Zambia government reference data

11 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency ZMW.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Bank of Zambia Policy Rate 13.25 percent 2026-05-13 Bank of Zambia — Monetary Policy Report, May 2026 (approved by the… 2026-07-24
VAT standard rate 16 percent 2008-04-01 Zambia Revenue Authority — Practice Notes 2008 (Domestic Taxes… 2026-07-24
VAT registration threshold 800000 ZMW 2013-01-01 Value Added Tax Act, Chapter 331 of the Laws of Zambia, s.28… 2026-08-10
Statutory minimum wages by category (no single national rate) 3 figures held on this page 2024-01-01 Statutory Instruments No. 48, 49 and 50 of 2023 made under s.106… 2026-07-24
Public holidays (free) 30 days held 2026-01-01 The Public Holidays Act, Chapter 272 of the Laws of Zambia (Acts No… 2026-07-30
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 6.5 percent (YoY) 2026-07-01 ZamStats, July 2026 monthly bulletin headline: 'Annual inflation for… 2026-09-13
Company income tax standard rate 30 percent 2022-01-01 The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2021 — Act No. 43 of 2021… 2026-07-24
Withholding tax rates 0–20% across 10 withholding taxes — no single rate 2026-01-01 ZRA Practice Note No. 1/2026 (commentary on the 2025 amendment acts… 2026-08-10
Statutory late-payment interest no single figure Judgments Act (Cap 81) s 2, as substituted by s 2 of the Judgments… 2026-08-10
Personal income tax (PAYE) bands 0–37% across 4 bands 2024-01-01 The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2023 — Act No. 22 of 2023 (enacted 26… 2026-07-24
Statutory social-insurance contributions secondary 0–10% across 3 contribution branches 2026-01-01 National Pension Scheme Act, Cap. 256 (Act No. 40 of 1996), ss2, 14… 2026-08-11

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.