Eritrea vs Zambia: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex
Eritrea
0.1488
in 2023
Zambia
0.1501
in 2023
Eritrea rank
49th
Zambia rank
47th
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex over time
- Eritrea
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.1501 against 0.1488 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0013.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 49th and Zambia ranks 47th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4791 | 0.3679 | 0.1112 | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 0.4218 | 0.331 | 0.0908 | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 0.3893 | 0.2948 | 0.0944 | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 0.3761 | 0.3095 | 0.0667 | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.2816 | 0.3423 | 0.0606 | Zambia |
| 2000s | 0.2182 | 0.2846 | 0.0664 | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.1733 | 0.2038 | 0.0305 | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.1539 | 0.1633 | 0.0095 | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex, Eritrea or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.1501 against 0.1488 in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex between Eritrea and Zambia?
- 0.0013, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Zambia rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Eritrea ranks 49th and Zambia ranks 47th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.