Zambia
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Zambia. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Zambia codes
Need Zambia (ZM) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 10 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Zambia. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Zambia from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (10)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Zambia. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| ZM-02 | Central | province |
| ZM-08 | Copperbelt | province |
| ZM-03 | Eastern | province |
| ZM-04 | Luapula | province |
| ZM-09 | Lusaka | province |
| ZM-10 | Muchinga | province |
| ZM-06 | North-Western | province |
| ZM-05 | Northern | province |
| ZM-07 | Southern | province |
| ZM-01 | Western | province |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Zambia?
- Zambia uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ZM, alpha-3 ZMB, and numeric 894. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Zambia have?
- CountriesDB lists 10 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Zambia (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Zambia country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Zambia, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Zambia in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Zambia (ZM) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.