Malawi vs Zambia: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men
Malawi
0.1766
in 2023
Zambia
0.178
in 2023
Malawi rank
44th
Zambia rank
41st
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.178 against 0.1766 in Malawi, a difference of 0.0014.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 44th and Zambia ranks 41st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.5399 | 0.3793 | 0.1607 | Malawi |
| 1960s | 0.5174 | 0.3426 | 0.1748 | Malawi |
| 1970s | 0.4699 | 0.3078 | 0.1621 | Malawi |
| 1980s | 0.4169 | 0.3271 | 0.0898 | Malawi |
| 1990s | 0.3908 | 0.3559 | 0.0349 | Malawi |
| 2000s | 0.2999 | 0.2925 | 0.0074 | Malawi |
| 2010s | 0.217 | 0.2238 | 0.0068 | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.1838 | 0.19 | 0.0062 | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men, Malawi or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.178 against 0.1766 in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men between Malawi and Zambia?
- 0.0014, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient in men?
- Malawi ranks 44th and Zambia ranks 41st 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 in men. 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.