Summary
- India → Zambia
- $574million
- Zambia → India
- $2billion
- India’s balance
- -$1.4billion
Balance
India’s trade balance with Zambia
Trade between India and Zambia grew 25.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). India’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.6
- Imports 2
- Balance -1.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $37 million | $64 million | -$27 million |
| 1996 | $40 million | $103 million | -$64 million |
| 1997 | $35 million | $93 million | -$58 million |
| 1998 | $31 million | $45 million | -$13 million |
| 1999 | $29 million | $33 million | -$4 million |
| 2000 | $22 million | $17 million | $5 million |
| 2001 | $27 million | $32 million | -$5 million |
| 2002 | $56 million | $16 million | $40 million |
| 2003 | $48 million | $20 million | $28 million |
| 2004 | $59 million | $23 million | $36 million |
| 2005 | $108 million | $49 million | $59 million |
| 2006 | $105 million | $101 million | $4 million |
| 2007 | $188 million | $92 million | $95 million |
| 2008 | $201 million | $131 million | $69 million |
| 2009 | $142 million | $169 million | -$26 million |
| 2010 | $148 million | $55 million | $94 million |
| 2011 | $270 million | $131 million | $139 million |
| 2012 | $318 million | $303 million | $15 million |
| 2013 | $469 million | $280 million | $189 million |
| 2014 | $359 million | $198 million | $162 million |
| 2015 | $394 million | $430 million | -$36 million |
| 2016 | $329 million | $688 million | -$359 million |
| 2017 | $267 million | $993 million | -$726 million |
| 2018 | $465 million | $713 million | -$248 million |
| 2019 | $365 million | $746 million | -$380 million |
| 2020 | $300 million | $360 million | -$59 million |
| 2021 | $461 million | $193 million | $268 million |
| 2022 | $589 million | $171 million | $418 million |
| 2023 | $562 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2024 | $574 million | $2 billion | -$1.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What India sells to Zambia
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Zambia sells to India
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) and Durban (South Africa) is 3,896 nautical miles (7,214 km) long: ≈ 9–11.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
It does not cross any major canal or strait.
Zambia is landlocked: it ships through Durban (South Africa).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Zambia was India’s 55th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and India was Zambia’s 4th (10%).
- Zambia in India’s trade
- 0.2%
- Zambia’s rank among India’s partners
- 55th
- India in Zambia’s trade
- 9.8%
- India’s rank among Zambia’s partners
- 4th
Compare with
Other partners of India
Other partners of Zambia
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.