Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. It is bordered to the north by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country.

In 2022, Zambia averages between $7.5 billion and $8 billion of exports annually. It totalled $9.1 billion worth of exports in 2018.Zambia is a politically stable, multi-party democracy, rich in natural resources.  Zambia’s gross domestic product per capita in 2022 was $1,522, and more than 60 percent of the population lives below the international poverty line of $2.15 per day. With a population of 19.61 million people, three-quarters of which live in rural areas, (3.1 million people live in the capital Lusaka) Zambia presents a domestic market that is geographically dispersed across a country slightly larger than the state of Texas.  Zambia is one of the world’s youngest countries by median age, and, given its fertility rate (24th highest globally), its population is projected to double by 2050.In 2022, Zambia’s GDP was $29.8 billion, an increase of 4.7 percent – following 4.6 percent growth in 2021.