Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Zambia
Zambia: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.77 in 2022. ▬ Flat
Latest (2022)
99.77
World rank
12th
of 120 countries
All-time high
99.77
in 2022
All-time low
99.28
in 1998
Years of data
10
1991–2022
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Zambia, 1991–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 99.77 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2022. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Zambia peaked at 99.77 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 99.28, in 1998.
That places Zambia 12th out of 120 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.46 | 99.28 | 99.69 | 4 |
| 2000s | 99.55 | 99.43 | 99.71 | 3 |
| 2010s | 99.53 | 99.39 | 99.68 | 2 |
| 2020s | 99.77 | 99.77 | 99.77 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
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)
- 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)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.178 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.634 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Zambia?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Zambia was 99.77 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.77 in 2022.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.28 in 1998.
- How does Zambia rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Zambia ranks 12th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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