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Zambia

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  • Deaths 30 d

    1

    UCDP up to 2026-08-31

  • Per million 90 d

    0.0

    last 90 days

  • Civilians

    100%

    last 90 days

  • Incidents 30 d

    1

  • Population

    21.9 M

    World Bank

  • Plants near violence

    0 / 0

    near violence / total; 0 nuclear

Why this level0

Nothing in the open sources stands out.

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Every monitored signal

The last 60 days, each on its own scale.

  • Natural hazards, 7 days

    2

  • People in food crisis (IPC 3+)

    375 000

  • Refugees who fled

    892

Source: ARMSMA situation watch

Deaths in organised violence, per week

Zambia, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.

The latest week may be incomplete.

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Who the violence is between

Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.

  • State-based conflict · 0%
  • Non-state conflict · 0%
  • Against civilians · 100%

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Food, displacement, sanctions

People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
0.4 M
2026-08
Share in food crisis
2%
2026-08
Undernourishment
37.2%
2023
Refugees who fled
892
2025
Refugees hosted
96,131
2025
Internally displaced
—
2025
Sanctions designations
5
2026-09-29
GDP per person
$1,318
2025

FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions

People in crisis-level food insecurity

IPC Phase 3 or worse, month by month (FEWS NET current-situation estimates, midpoint of the published range).

FEWS NET — IPC-compatible analysis

Latest incidents of organised violence1

DatePlaceSidesDeathsCiviliansReported by
2026-08-14Kabulonga, LusakaGovernment of Zambia — Civilians11Agence France Presse, Amnesty International, AllAfrica

Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31

Conflicts, 90 days1

  • Government of Zambia - Civilians1

Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)

Natural hazards, 30 days25

  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 24, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 23, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 20, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 20, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 20, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 18, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 16, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 15, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 15, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 15, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 14, 2026
  • WildfireForest fires in Zambia · Sep 14, 2026

GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET

Warnings and notices

UK FCDO: Zambia: No specific restriction

No severe weather warning in force.

UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS

Next 7 days in Lusaka

Day°CRainGustsWatch
Tue, Sep 2923…310.0 mm55 km/h
Wed, Sep 3018…281.3 mm58 km/h
Thu, Oct 117…251.0 mm51 km/h
Fri, Oct 216…234.3 mm34 km/h
Sat, Oct 314…280.0 mm42 km/h
Sun, Oct 416…290.6 mm46 km/h
Mon, Oct 519…302.1 mm54 km/h

Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.

Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)

Food prices in markets3

ItemPriceUSDYear
Salt / KG12 ZMW0.68-14%
Sugar / KG40 ZMW2.26+11%
Bananas / KG12.5 ZMW0.71-34%

Median retail price across markets in the latest month reported (2026-06); change against the same month a year before.

WFP · HDX (CC BY-IGO)

Disasters since 20001

012000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 020052006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 020152016: 02017: 02018: Droughts 12019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 020252026: 02026

Droughts

  • Drought in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe · Oct 21, 2018 · Severe impact for agricultural drought in 150282 km2

GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)