Income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia
Zambia: Income inequality atkinson index undp was 0.634 in 2023. β² Rising
Latest (2023)
0.634
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.634
in 2015
All-time low
0.5768
in 2010
Years of data
14
2010β2023
Income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia, 2010β2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia stood at 0.634. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia peaked at 0.634 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.5768, in 2010.
That places Zambia 1st out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6054 | 0.5768 | 0.634 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.634 | 0.634 | 0.634 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 2 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0.605 compare
- 3 South Africa 0.5993 compare
- 4 Angola 0.5807 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Zambia
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.1 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,344 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 16.23 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.524 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 17.2 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1501 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1501 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia?
- Income inequality atkinson index undp in Zambia was 0.634 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.634 in 2015.
- What is the lowest income inequality atkinson index undp recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5768 in 2010.
- How does Zambia rank for income inequality atkinson index undp?
- Zambia ranks 1st out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality atkinson index undp rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality atkinson index undp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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