Poverty & Inequality in Zambia 93 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 66.7% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 75.1% 118th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 75.5% 79th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.1 live births per woman 2023 down 18.2% 25th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,344 kg per hectare 2023 down 9.7% 113th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 8.2% 57th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.62 % change on previous year 2023 down 11.1% 137th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 16.23 2023 up 15.3% 120th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 16.2% 2023 up 15.3% 120th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 17.2% 80th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.8488 % change on previous year 2023 up 121.0% 107th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -50 % change on previous year 2025 down 200.0% 137th Gender Inequality Index 0.524 2023 down 8.4% 29th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% 2023 up 31.9% 122nd Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1501 2023 down 29.0% 47th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1501 2023 down 29.0% 47th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.178 2023 down 22.0% 41st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 39.8% 2022 up 3.6% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 81.4% 2022 unchanged 5th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 94.0% 2022 up 0.5% 6th Prosperity gap 22.9 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 up 9.0% 2nd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.634 2023 up 9.9% 1st Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 50.4% 2022 up 2.0% 2nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 69.6% 2022 up 1.0% 4th Population living in slums 48.3% 2022 down 11.4% 41st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.361 2023 up 5.2% 138th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.361 2023 up 5.2% 138th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.361 2023 up 5.2% 138th Proportion of population below international poverty line 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Three metrics of inequality 67.69 2022 down 1.6% 11th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6769 2022 down 1.6% 11th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 8.18 2023 down 16.1% 183rd Income share held by second 20% 7.3% 2022 down 2.7% 120th Income share held by third 20% 11.9% 2022 up 2.6% 120th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.5% 2022 up 5.7% 113th Income share held by highest 20% 56.4% 2022 down 1.9% 4th Income share held by highest 10% 39.1% 2022 down 4.6% 6th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.5% 2022 down 6.2% 114th Income share held by lowest 20% 3.9% 2022 down 4.9% 117th Gini index 51.5 2022 down 1.0% 4th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 21.9% 2022 up 12.3% 4th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 8.77 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 up 49.5% 9th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 39.8% 2022 up 3.6% 2nd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.8124 2024 up 18.7% 42nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6438 2022 down 2.7% 7th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6438 2022 down 2.7% 7th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.8% 2024 up 19.1% 40th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 3,498 2017 up 77.6% 124th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 56.2% 2022 down 3.9% 12th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 18.0% 2022 down 4.9% 32nd Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 5.6% 2024 up 1,351.2% 104th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.5148 2022 down 1.0% 4th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 14.44 million people 2022 up 44.9% 12th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 71.7% 2022 up 0.4% 4th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 804,041 people 2022 up 19.1% 107th Page 1 of 2 Next →