Zambia Poverty Rate 1991-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2015 was 88.10%, a 3% decline from 2010.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2010 was 91.10%, a 0.7% increase from 2006.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2006 was 90.40%, a 1.1% increase from 2004.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2004 was 89.30%, a 3.6% decline from 2002.
| Zambia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2015 |
88.10% |
-3.00% |
| 2010 |
91.10% |
0.70% |
| 2006 |
90.40% |
1.10% |
| 2004 |
89.30% |
-3.60% |
| 2002 |
92.90% |
7.30% |
| 1998 |
85.60% |
0.80% |
| 1996 |
84.80% |
-4.20% |
| 1993 |
89.00% |
3.90% |
| 1991 |
85.10% |
3.90% |
