Income share held by the richest 10% in Zambia

The richest 10% of people in Zambia received 39.1% of total income or consumption in 2022.

Measure: Income share held by the richest 10% Unit: % of total income or consumption Data: 1991 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2022 39.1% % of total income or consumption
Change from 2015 −4.3percentage points 2015: 43.4%

Income share held by the richest 10% in Zambia over time

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% of total income or consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Income share held by the richest 10% (% of total income or consumption), 2002 to 2022
Period Zambia
2022 39.1%
2015 43.4%
2010 41.0%
2006 43.1%
2004 42.7%
2002 33.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 43.4% in 2015, a change of −4.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1991, when it was 42.6%, the figure has changed by −3.5 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.DST.10TH.10 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2022 for Zambia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform