Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Zambia
60.0% of people in Zambia lived below the national poverty line in 2022.
Zambia, 2022
60.0%
Change from 2015
+5.6percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Zambia over time
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Zambia
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Zambia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 60.0% |
| 2015 | 54.4% |
| 2010 | 57.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 54.4% in 2015, a change of +5.6 percentage points.
- Since 2010, when it was 57.0%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.