Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Zambia

Gini index in Zambia in 2022 — 51.5 index. Ranked 70 in the world out of 73. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 13.3%.

2022 51.5 index −7.71% vs 2015
World rank 70of 73
Period maximum 59.4 index1991
Period minimum 42.1 index2002

Trend over time

1991–2022 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Zambia, 1991–202240455055601991199519992003200720112015201920221991: 59.4 index1993: 52.6 index1996: 48.3 index1998: 49.1 index2002: 42.1 index2004: 54.3 index2006: 54.6 index2010: 52 index2015: 55.8 index2022: 51.5 index
Change over the period: −7.9 (−13.3%) Average annual rate: -0.46 %
Gini index — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2022 51.5
2015 55.8
2010 52
2006 54.6
2004 54.3
2002 42.1
1998 49.1
1996 48.3
1993 52.6
1991 59.4

Eastern Africa, 2022

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.