Zambia

National Assembly

Political system
Presidential-Parliamentary
Structure of parliament
Unicameral
IPU membership
Yes

Budget

Data on parliament’s budget role and activities

Parliamentary powers to amend the budget
Parliament may make amendments but only if it does not change the total deficit/surplus proposed by the Executive
Parliament has a specialized unit to conduct budgetary analysis
Yes
Number of staff working in the specialized budget unit
9
Date when parliament received the draft budget from the government, per year
29 Oct 2021
(2022)
Date when parliament adopted the budget, per year
23 Dec 2021
(2022)
Number of days between receiving the draft budget and its adoption in parliament, per year
55
(2022)
National currency
Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) conversion factor
6.47
(2022)
State budget, per year
172,987,077,535 ZMW
(2022)
State budget, per year in PPP
33,139,286,884
(2022)

Historical data for IPU membership

Historical data for IPU membership
Year IPU membership
2020-09
List of values for 2020-09
No
2019-04
List of values for 2019-04
No
2018-06
List of values for 2018-06
No