Panama vs Zambia: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita
Panama
0.4973
in 2024
Zambia
0.5148
in 2022
Panama rank
6th
Zambia rank
4th
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Panama
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.5148 against 0.4973 in Panama, a difference of 0.0175.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Zambia ahead.
Panama ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 120 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5766 | 0.5427 | 0.0338 | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.5516 | 0.503 | 0.0487 | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.5121 | 0.5393 | 0.0272 | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher income inequality vs. gdp per capita, Panama or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.5148 against 0.4973 in Panama as of 2022.
- What is the difference in income inequality vs. gdp per capita between Panama and Zambia?
- 0.0175, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Zambia?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2015.
- How do Panama and Zambia rank globally for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Panama ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 4th of 120 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.