Getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia
Zambia: Getting credit, legal rights index was 9 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Zambia recorded 9 for getting credit, legal rights index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia peaked at 9 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 9, in 2004.
Zambia ranks 3rd of 51 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | — |
| 2005 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 |
| 2010s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More private sector data for Zambia
- Merchandise trade 91.7% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 64.4% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 13.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 8.7% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 14.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 13.31 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 607.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.461 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 18.07 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Zambia was 9 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 9 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 in 2004.
- How does Zambia rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Zambia ranks 3rd out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.