Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Zambia
Zambia: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 71.7% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Zambia, 1991–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 71.7% for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Zambia peaked at 72.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 56.1%, in 1996.
Zambia ranks 4th of 118 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.7% | 56.1% | 67.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 69.6% | 68.0% | 72.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 69.6% | 67.9% | 71.4% | 2 |
| 2020s | 71.7% | 71.7% | 71.7% | 1 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Zambia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.1 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,344 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 16.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.524 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1501 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1501 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.178 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.634 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Zambia?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Zambia was 71.7% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 72.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.1% in 1996.
- How does Zambia rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Zambia ranks 4th out of 118 countries with data for 2022.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.