Zambia Poverty Rate 1991-2024
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 2022 was 93.20%, a 2.2% increase from 2015.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2015 was 91.00%, a 1.5% decline from 2010.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2010 was 92.50%, a 0.1% decline from 2006.
- Zambia poverty rate for 2006 was 92.60%, a 0.7% increase from 2004.
| Zambia Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
93.20% |
2.20% |
| 2015 |
91.00% |
-1.50% |
| 2010 |
92.50% |
-0.10% |
| 2006 |
92.60% |
0.70% |
| 2004 |
91.90% |
-3.10% |
| 2002 |
95.00% |
5.70% |
| 1998 |
89.30% |
0.50% |
| 1996 |
88.80% |
-3.00% |
| 1993 |
91.80% |
3.20% |
| 1991 |
88.60% |
3.20% |
