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Zambia Public Holidays 2026

See also: 2026 public holidays in Africa, Angola, Congo (DRC), EMEA, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, SADC, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and worldwide.

This page contains the list of Zambia 2026 public holidays, bank holidays, government holidays, non-working national holidays, and sectorial holidays. The data on this page is also accessible via our free Android and iPhone mobile apps, whose data feed is also updated nightly. The full qppstudio worldwide public holidays database for 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and beyond, is available immediately, with a professional license.

The list of Zambia public holidays in 2026 is:


Date Weekday Public Holiday
Thursday New Year's Day
Sunday International Women's Day
Monday International Women's Day Holiday
Thursday Youth Day
Friday Good Friday
Saturday Holy Saturday
Sunday Easter Sunday
Monday Easter Monday
Tuesday Kenneth Kaunda Birthday
Friday Labour Day
Monday African Freedom Day
July Monday Heroes' Day
July Tuesday Unity Day
Aug Monday Farmers' Day
Aug Thursday Public Holiday (Tripartite Election Day) (tentative)
Oct Sunday National Day of Prayer
Oct Monday National Day of Prayer Holiday
Oct Saturday Independence Day
Dec Friday Christmas Day

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Global Holidays Observed in Zambia


Below is the list of global holidays observed as non-working public holidays in Zambia, with the dates of these global holidays for the next 10 years (2025-2035).

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