Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Zambia

94.0% of people in Zambia lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2022.

Measure: Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1991 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2022 94.0% % of population
Change from 2015 +2.0percentage points 2015: 92.0%
World, 2022 48.3% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Zambia over time

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

Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ZambiaWorld
2024 – 46.2%
2023 – 47.1%
2022 94.0% 48.3%
2021 – 48.7%
2020 – 50.4%
2018 – 50.4%
2017 – 51.5%
2016 – 52.4%
2015 92.0% 53.5%
2014 – 54.7%
2013 – 55.8%
2012 – 57.5%
2011 – 58.8%
2010 93.5% 60.2%
2009 – 61.7%
2008 – 62.5%
2007 – 63.6%
2006 93.3% 65.0%
2005 – 66.2%
2004 92.7% 67.4%
2003 – 68.7%
2002 95.7% 69.3%
2001 – 70.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 92.0% in 2015, a change of +2.0 percentage points.
  • Since 1991, when it was 90.0%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 48.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.UMIC · 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