Zambia

Sub-Saharan Africa · Lusaka

Rank #121 of 173

27.7Strength score

Photos

Zambia Army hosts military demonstration during African Land Forces Summit 2024 (8364946) — Zambia Army hosts military demonstration during African Land Forces Summit 2024 (8364946)U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Leron Richards · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Zambian Air Force MA-60 MTI-1 — Zambian Air Force MA-60 MTI-1Melting Tarmac Images · GFDL · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance72
Air power—
Manpower65
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $406M #117
Budget as % of GDP: 1.26% #111
Spending per person: $19 #134
GDP: $28.9B #114
Population: 21,913,874 #61

Manpower

Active personnel: 16,000 (World Bank figure) #117
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 16,000 #118

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

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Weapons Zambia uses (2)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Fighter aircraft

Shenyang J-6

Shenyang J-6Fighter aircraft

Others in the region

37Nigeria60.1 VS
45South Africa57.5 VS
47Ethiopia51.5 VS
64Angola30.9 VS
66Congo, Dem. Rep.30.8 VS
82Sudan29.8 VS
83Uganda29.8 VS
87Eritrea29.5 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)