LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Zambia

176 recorded engagements by Zambia's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1992–2025.

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176Engagements
174Visits
0Phone calls
2Video conferences
0Signed agreements
44Destination countries
12Officials recorded
89Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1992 and 2025, Zambia's leaders recorded 176 engagements: 174 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2023, with 29 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (26 engagements), followed by South Africa and Angola. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 65% of engagements. 0 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 89 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Hakainde Hichilema (President), with 66 engagements between 2021 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Zambia, 1992–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1992: 1 engagement1993: 0 engagements1994: 0 engagements1995: 1 engagement1996: 0 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 5 engagements1999: 1 engagement2000: 1 engagement2001: 1 engagement2002: 1 engagement2003: 0 engagements2004: 0 engagements2005: 2 engagements2006: 1 engagement2007: 0 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 1 engagement2010: 11 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 6 engagements2013: 3 engagements2014: 5 engagements2015: 17 engagements2016: 15 engagements2017: 14 engagements2018: 6 engagements2019: 7 engagements2020: 1 engagement2021: 6 engagements2022: 18 engagements2023: 29 engagements2024: 12 engagements2025: 7 engagements19921995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America26
  • South Africa10
  • Angola9
  • Zimbabwe8
  • China8
  • Mozambique8
  • Tanzania7
  • Namibia7
  • Ethiopia7
  • Rwanda6
  • United Kingdom6
  • Botswana5

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations115
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs72
  • Trade and Economic Relations58
  • Development and Aid19
  • Peace and Security15
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity7
  • Environment and Climate Change5
  • Agriculture and Food Security4
  • Energy2
  • Science, Technology and Innovation2
  • Health1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Zambia country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/zambia.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Zambia's own officials.