LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Zambia

416 recorded engagements by Zambia's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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416Engagements
414Visits
0Phone calls
2Video conferences
13Signed agreements
61Destination countries
13Officials recorded
230Multilateral summits

LEAD records 13 signed agreements for Zambia; registered users can browse them in the Agreements register.

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Zambia's leaders recorded 416 engagements: 414 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 2 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2023, with 31 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (34 engagements), followed by South Africa and Ethiopia. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 85% of engagements. 13 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 230 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Frederick Chiluba (President), with 93 engagements between 1991 and 2001.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Zambia, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 4 engagements1991: 6 engagements1992: 4 engagements1993: 2 engagements1994: 4 engagements1995: 4 engagements1996: 1 engagement1997: 3 engagements1998: 12 engagements1999: 27 engagements2000: 19 engagements2001: 17 engagements2002: 16 engagements2003: 7 engagements2004: 7 engagements2005: 15 engagements2006: 8 engagements2007: 12 engagements2008: 8 engagements2009: 13 engagements2010: 21 engagements2011: 8 engagements2012: 12 engagements2013: 8 engagements2014: 9 engagements2015: 19 engagements2016: 17 engagements2017: 22 engagements2018: 10 engagements2019: 16 engagements2020: 3 engagements2021: 8 engagements2022: 20 engagements2023: 31 engagements2024: 13 engagements2025: 10 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America34
  • South Africa31
  • Ethiopia25
  • Zimbabwe22
  • Tanzania20
  • Uganda19
  • Mozambique18
  • Angola17
  • Namibia16
  • United Kingdom15
  • Rwanda15
  • Botswana15

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations355
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs213
  • Trade and Economic Relations75
  • 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.22976211 [Zambia country profile. Accessed 22 October 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 2026-10-22 and describe outbound engagements by Zambia's own officials.