Income inequality: Atkinson index in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.5289 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Zimbabwe, 2011–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 0.5289 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.5289 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4465, in 2011.
Zimbabwe ranks 8th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.4465 | — |
| 2012 | 0.4465 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4465 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4465 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4465 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.4465 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.4534 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4534 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5289 | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5289 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5289 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5289 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5289 | +0.0% |
Zimbabwe compared with similar countries
- Zimbabwe's 0.5289 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3514, 1.5× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Zimbabwe's 0.5289 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.4345, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4572 | 0.4465 | 0.5289 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5289 | 0.5289 | 0.5289 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More poverty & inequality data for Zimbabwe
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.72 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 743.9 kg per hectare (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 -22.26 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.89 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.9% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Zimbabwe?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Zimbabwe was 0.5289 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5289 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4465 in 2011.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Zimbabwe ranks 8th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.