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Zambia

News coverage about Zambia accounts for 0.124% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of October 4, 2026. Output is steady week-over-week (-0.4%). The average tone of this coverage is +1.88 — neutral-to-positive.

ZM · ZMB · Africa · Wikidata

Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.124%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-0.4%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+1.88
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Zambia coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.12% on 2026-10-040.000.130.25Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Zambia coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 1.88 on 2026-10-04+2.50-2.5Jul 6Jul 22Aug 7Aug 23Sep 8Sep 24Oct 4

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (3/day latest)

Protest events located in Zambia: 18 days, latest 3.00 on 2026-10-020.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 23Aug 12Aug 24Sep 8Sep 27Oct 2

Diplomacy (18/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Zambia: 89 days, latest 18.00 on 2026-10-030.00100200Jul 6Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 3

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Zambia: 74 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-10-030.0025.050.0Jul 7Jul 23Aug 11Aug 24Sep 7Sep 24Oct 3

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Zambia, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 3% of the coverage about Zambia came from outlets based in Zambia — the rest was written from abroad (2,011 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Zambia from domestic outlets (%): 90 days, latest 7.32 on 2026-10-030.005.010.0Jul 6Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 3

Share of articles about Zambia produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Lusaka (9)
  • Kasama (2)
  • Kaluba (1)
  • Mwanakatwe (1)
  • Chinika (1)
  • Solwezi (1)
  • Kaonga (1)
  • Copperbelt (1)
  • Mayaka (1)
  • Chipangali (1)
  • Luangeni (1)
  • Muzungu (1)

Places named in coverage about Zambia on 2026-10-03 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Zambia

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$28.9B
World Bank, 2025
Population
21.9M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
62.5%
World Bank, 2024
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.3%
World Bank, 2024

Armed conflict, trailing 12 months

Conflict fatalities
1
best estimate
Civilian deaths
1
within the above
Recorded events
1
organized violence

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP GED), window 2025-10-01..2026-09-30, refreshed monthly. Recent months are preliminary candidate data.

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
346
originating from Zambia
Refugees hosted
83,225
from other countries
Asylum seekers
12,906
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Zambia-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).