[4] The main economic activity of the local people is subsistence farming.

Rufunsa holds gold, copper, and other minerals, although mining is not well-developed.

Five decades after Zambia's independence, Rufunsa district now has twelve public secondary schools and three private secondary school s. However the Literacy levels are still low.

The Catholic Church has given hope by building a nursing school.

They had to relinquish much of Lusaka land to the central government.